Officials: Waterboarding Foiled No Plot

[IDemo]

Washington Post: Torture Of Abu Zubaida Produced False Leads

When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those secrets out of him.

The methods succeeded in breaking him, and the stories he told of al Qaeda terrorism plots sent CIA officers around the globe chasing leads.

In the end, though, not a single significant plot was foiled as a result of Abu Zubaida's tortured confessions, according to former senior government officials who closely followed the interrogations. Nearly all of the leads attained through the harsh measures quickly evaporated, while most of the useful information from Abu Zubaida - chiefly names of al Qaeda members and associates - was obtained before waterboarding was introduced, they said.

Moreover, within weeks of his capture, U.S. officials had gained evidence that made clear they had misjudged Abu Zubaida. President George W. Bush had publicly described him as "al Qaeda's chief of operations," and other top officials called him a "trusted associate" of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a major figure in the planning of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/29/politics/washingtonpost/main4901154.shtml

[LynnTheDem]

1. We know that. We've always known that. The world knows that.

Only the Fox "News" viewers don't know this.

But then, Fox "News" viewers don't know much of anything related to Facts.

[IDemo]

2. But DeadShot Dick believes we'll be in danger without it

[LynnTheDem]

3. DeadShot Dick is worried HE will be in danger without it.

Coz then DeadShot Dick will be recognized as the war criminal he in fact is.

[spanone]

4. that's what makes these crimes even more evil...pure revenge..

[BlooInBloo]

5. I wonder how many plots it STARTED?

[IDemo]

6. Likely too many to count, but even one is one too many.