On Thu, 5 May 2011 04:32:19 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote:

On May 4, 8:50*pm, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 04 May 2011 07:10:34 -0400, John H
wrote:



From yesterday's Washington Post:

"U.S. analysts and operatives spent years figuring out the courier’s identity, senior administration
officials said, concluding that he was a former protege of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-declared
mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who is being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The courier "had our
constant attention," one official said.

Detainees "identified this man as one of the few al-Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden, [and]
indicated he might be living with or protecting bin Laden," the official said. But until four years
ago, the United States was unable to track the courier down or uncover his real name. In 2009, U.S.
officials narrowed down the region in Pakistan where the courier was working, senior administration
officials said."

'Years' it says. "Four years ago..." Well, that dumps it in Bush's lap.

http://tinyurl.com/6f65um6

Yesterday, Panetta admitted to Brian Williams that 'enhanced interrogation techniques', including
waterboarding, provided intel which ultimately lead to the attack.

http://tinyurl.com/6kz5423

I'll give Obama a 'C' for allowing the action to take place. He didn't do much else.

You would benefit from a deeper pursuit of this than what Panetta
said. He was wrong about releasing photos and he was wrong about
reliable responses from people under torture.

I don't know how we got so stupid, but we had a LOT more effective
interrogation techniques when dealing with captured Japanese in WWII
than we do now.....

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Even the liberal Washington Post is giving the credit where due.
Notice that they also credit the interrogation techniques so down-
played by the Obama bunch.

Maybe the liberals will learn something after all. Sure hope so.

http://tinyurl.com/3gklkaw

If anything the water boarding perhaps confirmed other sources. All
this nonsense about OBL as though his capture is going to solve all
the problems of terrorism is astounding. Water boarding just brings us
down to their level. The "actionable" intelligence that perhaps was
gleaned from using it for sure had nothing to do with any immediate
threat.