Thread: Rumsfeld confirms: Waterboarding did not net intelligence that led to bin Laden

Daily Kos: Rumsfeld confirms: Waterboarding did not net intelligence that led to bin Laden

The torture crowd has been hard at work the past 24 hours, doing its best to push the idea that it was the torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohommed that led to the courier who eventually led U.S. intelligence to Osama bin Laden.

And Bush Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who presumably has some knowledge about what went on at Gitmo, today threw some cold water on this theory:

"The United States Department of Defense did not do waterboarding for interrogation purposes to anyone. It is true that some information that came from normal interrogation approaches at Guantanamo did lead to information that was beneficial in this instance. But it was not harsh treatment and it was not waterboarding."

Originally Posted by ***COMMANDER***

Keep in mind, ksm is the one that gave the information on the courier in an out of country facility through enhanced interrogation. It was then followed up on , with other high profile terrorist, which put the intelligence on target to the courier.

So, enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, led to the capture of obl or ubl, whichever initials, that you know of him by.....

So whether you agree with it or not, it worked and there is no denying it, if you know the facts, that lead to ladens death.

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Funny, because Peneta (CIA) director, said yesterday that enhanced interregation was used, but could not confirm or deny if it was a irect resilt. Sounds to me like rumsfeld is full of shit....

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Lol its funny when the right wing attacks the right wing.

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He was the secretary of defense! I guess that means nothing.

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