Sunday, February 3, 2013

US Defense Secretary Panetta: Interrogation Tactics Did Help In Tracking Down Bin Laden



WNU Editor: This occurred on today's Meet The Press. The key phrase ....

.... “The real story was that in order to put the puzzle of intelligence together that led us to Bin Laden, there were a lot of pieces out there that were a part of that puzzle. Yes, some of it came from some of the tactics that were used at that time, interrogation tactics that were used. But the fact is we put together most of that intelligence without having to resort to that.”

My Comment: This is the closest that any present day U.S. official will admit that water-boarding (i.e. torture) did assist the intelligence community to track down Bin Laden.

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