CIA Official: No Proof Harsh Techniques Stopped Terror Attacks On America -- McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks," according to recently declassified Justice Department memos.
That undercuts assertions by former vice president Dick Cheney and other former Bush administration officials that the use of harsh interrogation tactics including waterboarding, which is widely considered torture, was justified because it headed off terrorist attacks.
The risks and effectiveness of waterboarding and other enhanced techniques are at the center of an increasingly heated debate over how thoroughly to investigate the CIA's secret detention and interrogation programs.
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My Comment: The headline quotes an intelligence official who says that ....
there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks,"
but later on in the article, the exact opposite is said ....
the program had been effective ....
So was the program effective or not .... from what I can understand in this article .... it was. So why is the headline saying the opposite? News coverage like this only helps to muddle a situation that the American public has every right to know .... but the information has to be clear and concise.
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