 Waterboarding worth it? |
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| Waterboarding worth it? |
 Dec 11 2007, 11:37 AM
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1150278120071211
QUOTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA officials extracted valuable information from a terrorism suspect after he was subjected to waterboarding, a simulated drowning technique that has been condemned as torture, a former CIA interrogator told U.S. new media. Suspected al Qaeda lieutenant Abu Zubaida offered to cooperate less than a minute after CIA officials subjected him to the controversial technique, former CIA interrogator John Kiriakou told ABC News and the Washington Post. "It was like flipping a switch," Kiriakou told the Post. He said the session yielded valuable information and probably helped prevent attacks, but he now believes waterboarding is torture and "Americans are better than that." Pretty interesting. I didn't realize it was less than a minute. All I'd ever heard (admittedly from the media) is that waterboarding wasn't a reliable means of extracting information. This story would seem to contradict that. And destroying the tape to prevent retaliation against the interrogaters would seem to make sense. Although I'm sure some would cry that they're lying. |
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Dec 11 2007, 11:52 AM
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why we even give a flying rat fuck about whether enemy interrogation techniques are humane or not is beyond me...
anyone who's graduated from sere school has endured much harsher treatment...at the hands of our own govt mind you. fags. |
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Dec 11 2007, 12:44 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
i wouldnt trust information like that on something so controversial. its already been proven that little anecdotes were mad up in the past.
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Dec 11 2007, 01:07 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Well I think it'd be a little overboard if we were opening people up and showing them their guts or chopping off fingers or something, but 1 min of waterboarding with no permanent damage doesn't seem like a big dea.
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Dec 11 2007, 01:16 PM
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like I said...sere grads have been through worse.
sleep dep + stress positions is considerably worse than the waterboard. |
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Dec 11 2007, 01:16 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
i believe they do do stress positions. which i can attest is not a good thing I HAVE PERMANENTLY SCREWED UP SHOULDERS!
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