Peter Bergen
Finding bin Laden -- More Agatha Christie Than '24' -- Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst
(CNN) -- In a new book, a "60 Minutes" interview and other recent public statements, Jose Rodriguez, a three-decade veteran of the CIA who rose to become head of the National Clandestine Service, has stoutly defended the CIA's use of coercive interrogation techniques on al Qaeda detainees.
Rodriguez asserts, for instance, "Information obtained from senior al Qaeda terrorists, who became compliant after receiving enhanced interrogation techniques, was key to the U.S. government learning of the existence of a courier who was bin Laden's lifeline."
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My Comment: Peter Bergen is skeptical that torture had an important role in tracking down Bin Laden .... but he may be a bit premature. The real definitive answer on the role that torture played will not be known until the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence releases their report .... which many are predicting will be at the end of this year.
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The Inspector general has already said that water boarding did not and does not work: Rodriguez dismissed that statement on 60 Minutes and then gave lame excuse that he destroyed the tapes to protected people when in fact it was to destroy any evidence that might be used.
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