Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Waterboarding

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?

2 comments:

  1. So very stupid.

    There should be some rule or law about "former" CIA agents saying things like this.

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  2. Anonymous7:59 AM

    You always have to question the motives of ex-CIA officers that say stuff like this.

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