A former CIA officer who participated in the capture and questioning of the first al-Qaeda terrorist suspect to be waterboarded said yesterday that the harsh technique provided an intelligence breakthrough that "probably saved lives," but that he now regards the tactic as torture.
- Washington Post (read full story here)
And the alternative is what? Squander American lives that could have been saved?
So very stupid.
ReplyDeleteThere should be some rule or law about "former" CIA agents saying things like this.
You always have to question the motives of ex-CIA officers that say stuff like this.
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