Rumsfeld: Mistake to end enhanced interrogation, page 1
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Topic started on 8-5-2011 @ 12:46 PM by _BoneZ_
(CBS News)

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday he thought the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terror suspects likely produced "a major fraction" of U.S. knowledge on al Qaeda - and that the cessation of those tactics by U.S. forces "may be a mistake."
CBS News


Torture is torture no matter how you look at it. If they tortured or waterboarded me, I'd probably admit I was the mastermind of 9/11 and make up a whole bunch of stuff just to make the torture stop.

Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Wolfowitz, et al, have ruined this country to almost beyond repair. It will be great to see the day when they are behind bars for crimes against humanity.


reply posted on 8-5-2011 @ 01:12 PM by Hessling
Here's a link to a pertinent article: It is based upon a statement made by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the number two man at the State Department under Colin Powell, whereby he states:

Let me waterboard Donald Rumsfeld and then we'll see if he says it's torture or not!


"Let Me Waterboard Donald Rumsfeld and Then We'll See If He Says It's Torture or Not!"

Excellent quote from the above linked article stated by former Navy Judge Advocate General Admiral John Hutson:

Fundamentally, those kinds of techniques are ineffective. If the goal is to gain actionable intelligence, and it is, and if that’s important, and it is, then we have to use the techniques that are most effective. Torture is the technique of choice of the lazy, stupid and pseudo-tough.


The gist of the argument apparently is that the reason these government officials are defending torture is so they can avoid prosecution.

If torture is okay, they have nothing to worry about. They are patriotic Americans. No prosecutions forthcoming.

However, once it is realized that torture is NOT okay, then these same folks are in deep, deep trouble.


reply posted on 8-5-2011 @ 02:01 PM by wcitizen
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
(CBS News)

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday he thought the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terror suspects likely produced "a major fraction" of U.S. knowledge on al Qaeda - and that the cessation of those tactics by U.S. forces "may be a mistake."
CBS News


Torture is torture no matter how you look at it. If they tortured or waterboarded me, I'd probably admit I was the mastermind of 9/11 and make up a whole bunch of stuff just to make the torture stop.

Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Wolfowitz, et al, have ruined this country to almost beyond repair. It will be great to see the day when they are behind bars for crimes against humanity.










Wow, it has now reached the point where US officials feel comfortable to publicly support torture. It's sick - and so are they.

I hope Mr. Cheney will be happy to be on the receiving end of it one day.
edit on 8-5-2011 by wcitizen because: (no reason given)

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