CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks

[babsbunny]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/66895.html

By Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks," according to recently declassified Justice Department memos.

That undercuts assertions by former vice president Dick Cheney and other former Bush administration officials that the use of harsh interrogation tactics including waterboarding, which is widely considered torture, was justified because it headed off terrorist attacks.

[Captain Hilts]

1. It wasn't the military, or even the CIA pushing this. It was theWhite House. nt

[NightWatcher]

2. but but but the capture and torture of KSM in March 2003 prevented a terror attack in LA in 2002

:sarcasm:

I am so sick of debating mouth breathing, knuckle draggers who get their news from Faux and their justifications and anecdotes from 24.