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Ex-CIA Officer: Yes, Harsh Interrogations Helped Us Nail Bin Laden

Earl29 Wrote: Jan 05, 2013 8:13 AM

Will8080: Waterboarding did not force anyone to talk. Waterboarding gave them an excuse to talk. Their egos forced them to talk. A common trait among terrorists is their arrogance. They have a need to show how important they are. Information can be checked. Giving out false information cannot show how important you are. Waterboarding is a psychological weapon, as is all interrogation techniques. The torture John McCain suffered had physical effects only. McCain is not an arrogant, ego driven man.

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Ex-CIA Officer: Yes, Harsh Interrogations Helped Us Nail Bin Laden

This doesn't quite qualify as breaking news for those who tracked the extraordinary labyrinth of intelligence that emerged in the days following the 2011 Abbottabad raid, but the subject of US interrogation policy is again generating controversy in advance of the release of 'Zero Dark Thirty,' a film that dramatizes the bin Laden mission. Writing in today's Washington Post, a former top CIA counter-terrorism officer sets the record straight on what measures were, and were not, employed to help bring down the world's most infamous terrorist. Jose Rodriguez -- who made headlines last year when

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