Overview
- Zubaydah’s lawyers said the compensation is substantial but undisclosed, and the Foreign Office said it would neither confirm nor deny intelligence matters.
- The claim alleged MI5 and MI6 sent questions to CIA interrogators while aware of his treatment, an issue flagged by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee in 2018.
- A U.S. Senate report documented that he was waterboarded 83 times and confined in coffin-size boxes, and later assessments said he was not an al-Qaeda member.
- Opposition figure Robert Jenrick demanded disclosure on the decision and any role of Attorney General Lord Hermer, whose allies say recusal rules prevent involvement.
- Zubaydah, 54, remains held at Guantanamo Bay without charge, and his lawyer is urging the UK to help secure his release or relocation.