CIA's Operation Penny Lane at Gitmo turned detainees into double agents
PENNY LANE: This Secret CIA Facility At Guantánamo Bay Turned Detainees Into Double Agents
Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Nov. 26, 2013, 5:28 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantanamo Bay prisoners into double agents then sent them home to help the U.S. kill terrorists, current and former U.S. officials said. The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families and millions of dollars from the agency's secret accounts.
It was a risky gamble. Officials knew there was a chance that some prisoners might quickly spurn their deal and kill Americans.
For the CIA, that was an acceptable risk in a dangerous business. For the American public, which was never told, the program was one of the many secret trade-offs the government made on its behalf. At the same time the government used the risk of terrorism to justify imprisoning people indefinitely, it was releasing dangerous people from prison to work for the CIA.
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