I'd be interested to know how the term "significant" differs from "blockbuster" as it pertains to fighting terrorism. Would the reported half a dozen terrorists captured and the multiple plots prevented as a result of waterboarding KSM (1 time) be considered merely significant? In truth, the CIA has learned quite a bit from the waterboarding of KSM, Abd al Rahim al Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah.
ABC News (9/14/2007)... "A senior CIA official said KSM later admitted it was only because of the waterboarding that he talked. Ultimately, KSM took responsibility for the 9/ll attacks and virtually all other al Qaeda terror strikes, including the beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. KSM lasted the longest under waterboarding, about a minute and a half, but once he broke, it never had to be used again," said a former CIA official familiar with KSM's case." http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/09/cia-bans-water-.html Jarrad On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Lance McCulley wrote: > Later on in the article-- > "Such intelligence was significant but not blockbuster material. > Frustrated, the Bush administration ratcheted up the pressure -- for > the first time approving the use of increasingly harsh > interrogations, including waterboarding. " > > -Lance > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jarrad Reiner <[email protected]> > wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
