LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Guantanamo Bay 's legacy of torture will hurt the United States even if President Obama makes good on a pledge to close the prison camp , a former inmate says . Moazzam Begg says that during intense interrogations at Guantanamo Bay , he would have confessed to anything . Justice will be impossible to mete out to the alleged terrorists and war criminals held there because any confessions must be tainted by the methods used to obtain them , ex-prisoner Moazzam Begg told CNN . Begg says he would have confessed to anything during interrogations while he was held at Guantanamo for nearly three years . `` What procedure can you use on people who have been systematically tortured including waterboarding , including being stripped naked and beaten ? What sort of evidence can be admitted into a court of law that has been extracted under that process ? '' asked Begg . Watch what Begg thinks of Guantanamo '' The new administration has said that waterboarding , which causes the feeling of drowning , is torture . Begg , who is British , was captured during the war in Afghanistan and accused of aiding the Taliban regime . His family has always maintained he was a victim of mistaken identity . He was sent back to his home in Britain by the Bush administration in 2005 and never prosecuted . President Obama on Wednesday moved closer to making good on his campaign promise . The administration is drafting executive orders calling for the detention facility 's closure , officials said . Earlier in the day , a judge granted Obama 's request for a 120-day suspension of prosecutions so a review of all cases of suspected terrorists could take place . During his inaugural speech , he stressed that ideals of justice did not need to be thrown out to ensure the nation 's safety . `` Our Founding Fathers , faced with perils we can scarcely imagine , drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man , a charter expanded by the blood of generations . Those ideals still light the world , and we will not give them up for expedience 's sake , '' Obama said . Watch what could be next for Guantanamo '' Legal issues are already complicating the cases of some of the most important terror suspects , like Mohamed al-Qahtani , the so-called 20th hijacker , who has been accused of helping to plan and possibly participate in the September 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks . Earlier this month , the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commission told The Washington Post that al-Qahtani was tortured and therefore could not be put forward for prosecution . `` Guantanamo Bay is the most notorious prison on earth , '' Begg said . He said he believes Guantanamo is a radicalizing force for militants around the world . Looking beyond high-profile suspects , human rights campaigners say there is little evidence to prosecute dozens of Guantanamo inmates still being held . They argue that keeping those detainees locked up will not help keep al Qaeda at bay . `` I think it 's actually one of the most harmful myths about it , that we ca n't let people go because we 've got the tiger by the tail , '' said Cori Crider of the human rights organization Reprieve . Chris Arendt , a former guard at Guantanamo Bay , says the Obama administration must rethink and reform the way it detains and prosecutes future terror suspects -- and do more than just close Guantanamo . `` We 're focused on this one camp that has become the star of the whole show . But there are camps everywhere , '' he said . `` There are camps in Iraq , in Afghanistan -- every country that American or the coalition forces have set their feet . None of those detainees are seeing any justice . ''