I am sitting here watching Congressman Peter King lie through his teeth on CNN about the role of torture in the capture and …
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Bush’s Torture Lawyer Claims Credit for bin Laden’s Death, Criticizes Seals
More Bush administration officials associated with the program of compliance-inducing “enhanced interrogation techniques” are coming out of the woodwork to claim a measure of credit for Osama bin Laden’s death.
Ex-CIA Counterterror Chief: ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Led U.S. to bin Laden
A former head of counterterrorism at the CIA, who was investigated last year by the Justice Department for the destruction of videos showing senior al-Qaeda officials being interrogated, says the harsh questioning of terrorism …
White House: Debate Over “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” Is Moot
The chain of clues that led to the Abbottabad compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces early Monday began with human intelligence. Senior administration officials have said key members of bin Laden’s inner-circle were flagged by post-9/11 detainees under interrogation, and that has raised an inescapable question: …
Marc Thiessen and the Dishonest Waterboarding Debate
“We waterboarded in the CIA–the CIA waterboarded three terrorists. Just three. Nobody was waterboarded at Guantanamo. You know who else the U.S. has waterboarded? Tens of thousands of American service members during their SERE training.”
–Marc Thiessen, former White House speechwriter on CNN, January 20, 2010
In late January, the …