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Published 1/14/2009 at TIME.com Top Politics Stories
A Pentagon official acknowledged that the United States tortured Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi man who allegedly had hoped to become the "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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