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Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Reacts to Report His Music Was Used by CIA to Interrogate Detainee

Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Reacts to Report His Music Was Used by CIA to Interrogate Detainee

"Our music is positive man. It's supposed to make people feel good."

A member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers reacted Saturday to a report that alleged his band's music was used by the CIA to interrogate a detainee, saying he does not approve the government using their music for such purposes.

"No, of course not," drummer Chad Smith told TMZin a Malibu parking lot. "Our music is positive man. It's supposed to make people feel good."

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An interrogator briefed on detainee Abu Zubaydah's interrogations told Al Jazeera America in a report published this week that the CIA played music by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their efforts to extract information from him.

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