Posted on 08/29/2009 11:16:32 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Who'd have thought it? On the front page of today's Washington Post is an astounding revelation.
OK maybe not so astounding. Actually its something that most logical people figured out a long time ago. But it is astounding that the Washington Post has finally figured out this most obvious fact, waterboarding has worked to help us stave off more terror attacks.
After enduring the CIA's harshest interrogation methods and spending more than a year in the agency's secret prisons, Khalid Sheik Mohammed stood before U.S. intelligence officers in a makeshift lecture hall, leading what they called "terrorist tutorials."
In 2005 and 2006, the bearded, pudgy man who calls himself the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks discussed a wide variety of subjects, including Greek philosophy and al-Qaeda dogma. In one instance, he scolded a listener for poor note-taking and his inability to recall details of an earlier lecture.
Speaking in English, Mohammed "seemed to relish the opportunity, sometimes for hours on end, to discuss the inner workings of al-Qaeda and the group's plans, ideology and operatives," said one of two sources who described the sessions, speaking on the condition of anonymity because much information about detainee confinement remains classified. "He'd even use a chalkboard at times."
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
“OK maybe not so astounding. Actually its something that most logical people figured out a long time ago. But it is astounding that the Washington Post has finally figured out this most obvious fact, waterboarding has worked to help us stave off more terror attacks.”
This helps clear the way so it now be used against enemies of the state by the Zero tolerance Czar of the Obama Administration...a yet to be named Marxist thug from the Good ‘ol ACORN days...
They waited until bush was out of office to pretend to figure it out.
They waited until a Saturday to print this, and waited until President Bush was out of office.
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