Tape of Bin Laden Aide Probably Real, CIA Says
An audiotape attributed to Osama bin Laden’s top deputy, warning that the United States would pay dearly if it harmed detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is probably authentic, a CIA official said.
The assessment was based on a technical analysis of the tape. The CIA can’t be certain but believes the voice on the tape was Ayman Zawahiri’s, the official said.
The recording, obtained by the Arab satellite station Al Arabiya, responded to Washington’s announcement that it could start putting the detainees on military trials that could result in death sentences.
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