I am not in disagreement with your assesment of Kiraikou and I don't see how any of that ties into your original statement

"However terribly Zubaydah was treated by the CIA, we should probably remain clear on the fact that he was believed by everyone involved, including Kiriakou, to have been an integral part of the Al Qaeda network."

which seems totally unrelated to anything you have posted above, which was what make it stand out in the first place.

I cannot see any other way of interpreting it than the way I mentioned in my previous post, could you clarify what you meant by this since I am obviously not getting your meaning?