The Inconvenient Truth About the Released CIA Memos

The Hill/The Lid ^ | 4/19/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

The U.S. Justice Department released four memos last week that show the agency’s lawyers approval of the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of such techniques as sleep deprivation, slapping, nudity and waterboarding. The memos also discussed how far interrogators are allowed to go. Almost an outline of what terrorists have to train for. It has been reported the release was made over the objections of CIA director Leon Panetta.

The purpose of the interrogation methods has nothing to do with gaining confessions for some military or civilian trial. The CIA used those methods to get information and prevent future terror attacks. If the President really felt (as he said) “Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” He would not have released the memos. This is a case of the President placing politics in front of protecting the life and limb of American Citizens.

Former CIA Director General Michael Hayden made an appearance on Fox Sunday today, where he said that people who complain about the enhanced interrogation methods are ignoring the “inconvenient truth” that the use of such techniques have made the nation safer, and warns how the memo release will hurt CIA morale:

[muawiyah]

The Obama regime has no interest in preventing terrorist attacks.

[Paladin2]

Next we can make the perps have to listen to passages from 0be’s and Err’s books. That’ll make them spill the beans.

[Vigilanteman]

I wonder if the sheeple who elected One Big Assed Mistake America will come to their senses when the next 9-11 happens. I wonder how big it will have to be to wake them up? Will a mere 3500 dead Americans be enough to do the job or will it require something along the lines of a dirty bomb?

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I suspect that this comment might get pulled by the mod, but I’m going to say it anyway. If hooking a known terrorist up to a car battery will help prevent an attack on U.S. soil, I have only two things to say:

- Red is positive
- Black is negative

Delete if you must. :)

[muawiyah]

FOr a variety of reasons I fail to see anything objectionable in what you just posted.

BTW, you might want to use insulated contacts so you don't get shocked.

[Chode]

0goatse strikes again...

[american_ranger]

I suspect that this comment might get pulled by the mod, but I’m going to say it anyway. If hooking a known terrorist up to a car battery will help prevent an attack on U.S. soil, I have only two things to say:

- Red is positive - Black is negative

Delete if you must. :)

5 posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:56:54 PM by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.)

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