Friday, April 10, 2009

Officials: Torture confessions not proven useful - White House pressured CIA to extract plots

"Moreover, within weeks of his capture, US officials had gained evidence that made clear they had misjudged Abu Zubaida. President Bush had publicly described him as "Al Qaeda's chief of operations," and other top officials called him a "trusted associate" of Osama bin Laden and a major figure in the planning of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. None of that was accurate, the new evidence showed."

Officials: Torture confessions not proven useful - The Boston Globe

Well, I'm glad we gave up our moral authority image in the world for that information. Reagan's shining beacon of hope was bull anyway.


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