Sunday, March 29, 2009
Dickwahd said the torture was a success
That as he screamed and writhed in fear and agony, much to Dickwahd's delight as he watched the videos, he gave us all manner of actionable information. Turns out that like everything else that Dickwahd told us, it was pure bullshit.
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.Turned out badly for Dickwahd, too. Those were the last good videos he received. He had to settle for reading reports of US soldiers electrocuted in the shower to get his jollies after that.
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.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
Post a Comment