Waterboarding Worked?!

[mistermark]

OK. I haven't posted in a really long time but I have to get something off my chest. I'm so sick and god-damned tired of hearing from Dick Cheney that the waterboarding techniques they used on detainees was successful. Is anyone actually surprised that this technique was succesfful? Why do you think they have to friggin' regulate torture.

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[fair_witness]

Point of information, though ... time and again, it's been demonstrated that torture isn't a great/reliable technique for obtaining useful information. It's great at terrorizing people, though. There've been a number of professional US interrogators (most notably a group of WWII veterans) who have come out stating that they were able to get reliable information from Nazi prisoners without the use of torture, and in fact America's disavowal of torture was a key element of getting that useful information.

[fair_witness]

PS: You may want to read this article:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/66622.html

[mistermark]

I will check it out! You make a superb point about torture that I had forgotten......and it just makes me MORE angry (which seems the appropriate reaction)! LOL

I know I may get flamed for this but I have a deep and abiding hatred for Dick Cheney who can't seem to keep his god damned mouth shut since he and his croneys were booted out of office with the lowest approval rating of any presidency in the history of presidential approval surveys.

[crispengray]

I just find it funny that now Cheney is a big voice for transparent government... now that he's no longer the one holding the secrets.

[mistermark]

I'm just glad the guys first name is exactly what I want to call him.

[fair_witness]

And an article about the WWII veterans I was alluding to:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html