After four years of captivity, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has confessed to being "responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z". Waterboarding KSM was previously helpful in revealing many details that we already knew about the plot that we'd already foiled.

There's a technique called "cold reading" in which a mentalist watches their subjects' ( Read more... )

The biggest, best example of the success and effectiveness of torture is the plot to destroy Los Angeles's US Bank Tower, which we learned about from waterboarding Khaled Sheikh Mohammed:

Not only did they break Khaled Sheikh Mohammed; not only was the information he gave them valuable; not only did it save lives; but Ross’s sources include people ( Read more... )