I Guess Those Extreme Interrogation Techniques Do Work

Bin Laden's Death Rekindles 'Enhanced' Interrogation Debate -- MSNBC

Did high-pressure questioning of suspected terrorists lead to al-Qaida leader?

The trail that led to the doorstep of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan began years earlier with aggressive interrogations of al-Qaida detainees at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and CIA “black site" prisons overseas, according to U.S. officials.

It was those sometimes controversial interrogations that first produced descriptions of members of bin Laden’s courier network, including one critical Middle Eastern courier who along with his brother was protecting bin Laden at his heavily fortified compound in Abbottabad on Sunday. Both the courier and his brother were among those killed, along with bin Laden, in the dramatic raid by U.S. special forces.

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More News On The Impact That Interrogation techniques May have had On Finding Osama Bin Laden

First strands on bin Laden gathered in CIA prison -- AP
Rep. Michael McCaul: Aggressive interrogations gave U.S. leads on bin Laden location -- Houston Chronicle
One Unwary Phone Call Led US to Bin Laden Doorstep -- ABC News/AP
Will Bin Laden’s Death Reignite the Interrogation Debate? -- Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Obama Owes Thanks for Bin Laden Operation to CIA Interrogators -- Marc Thiessen, The American
How the U.S. found and finished Bin Laden -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

My Comment: I still think it is too early to make a judgement call on the effectiveness of enhanced interrogation techniques .... but this information is coming from an administration that has always been opposed to torture .... and they are making it very clear that torturing some of these detainees did produce the information that resulted in Osama Bin Laden being killed this weekend. If this is the case .... some people better start eating crow.