The CIA allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to design a vacuum cleaner. Why? To keep him sane. Something they were not allow to achieve with PTSD sufferer Ramzi Binalshibh, nor schizophrenic / psychotic Abd al Rahim al Nashiri.
It sounds ridiculous, but answering this question, or confirming or denying the very existence of a vacuum cleaner design, a Swiffer design, or even a design for a better hand towel would apparently expose the U.S. government and its citizens to exceptionally grave danger,” Mohammed’s lawyer Army Captain Jason Wright said.