From the Article... "Some U.S. officials remain steadfast in their conclusion that Abu Zubaida possessed, and gave up, plenty of useful information about al- Qaeda. "
Among them, John Kiriakou, former CIA agent who Led the Team that captured Zubaida and later interrogated him. Jarrad On Mar 30, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Lance McCulley wrote: > 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. > --http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/28/AR2009032802066_pf.html > > -Lance > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Politically Opinionated Outspoken People Expounding Religion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pooper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
