The beatings were intended to elicit a confession of involvement with a rotating cast of terrorist groups that would change from one day to the next. Initially, Hamdan protested his innocence. But the threat against his wife was too much, and he broke down. “The interrogator said, You’re going to sign a confession that you’re with Al Qaeda and put your fingerprint on it,” Hamdan remembers. But a few days later, he was taken from his cell to another interrogator, who said he’d received information “from a friendly country” that Hamdan was supporting the Gaza-based Palestinian group Hamas. “He said, You have to change your confession,” said Hamdan. Still fearing for his wife, he told them, “Listen, I’ll do whatever you want.” Full article.