Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says (Full, unedited memo released)

NY Times ^ | 4/21/09 | Peter Baker

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MAY 2010 : (OBAMA FIRES HIS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, DENNIS BLAIR ... AFTER BLAIR TOLD HIS COLLEAGUES IN A PRIVATE MEMO THAT HARSH INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES BANNED BY THE WHITE HOUSE LED TO HIGH VALUE INFORMATION USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING AL QAEDA)

Thought I would bump this in light of McCain and other Senators coming out against Zero Dark Thirty for its portrayal of such interrogation as critical to getting OBL.