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'Waterboarding broke al Qaeda captive in 35 seconds,' says former CIA agent defending torture
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Posted on 12/12/2007 6:37:32 AM PST by UKrepublican
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To: Fishrrman
If it means the possibility that dozens, hundreds, thousands of lives might be saved through the use of torture to obtain information, well, we’d better use it. Or else, risk losing those lives.
Yes use the Waterboarding technique gain information then kill them would be my method.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:54:27 AM PST
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: UKrepublican
"'Waterboarding broke al Qaeda captive in 35 seconds,' says former CIA agent" Utter disinformation.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:56:04 AM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: period end of story
Anderson also calls not getting the shower stall next to the hunky guy in the locker room torture.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:56:19 AM PST
by
relictele
(Clarence White & Don Rich RIP)
To: UKrepublican
We used water boarding on three terrorists over a short period of time.
We did not torture them. We did not cause them severe pain or injury. We put on a little drama to scare them into thinking they would be tortured if they didn't talk.
Water boarding was effective on these terrorists because they know that the US does not torture prisoners. They expected to be kept awake, forced to listen to bad music, and made to stand for long periods of time, but to not face any real threat of serious pain, injury, or death.
That's why it only took 35 seconds for him to crack. His interrogators didn't need to torture him, they just needed to make him think that we had abandoned our rules against torture and would torture him.
As for lasting psychological damage... anyone who would plan or take part in the murder of thousands of innocent people is already far more psychologically damaged than wander boarding could do, and it shouldn't be long term psychological damage anyway, because these murderous terrorists should be facing execution in relatively short order.
To: UKrepublican
Technically, torture is physical harm rendered to the victim.
Waterboarding does not physically harm the person.
There are no bruises, scars, wounds inflicted when waterboarding.
I don’t see what the problem is.
Personally, I don’t care if you have to spoon their eyes out, just get the info if it means saving thousands to millions of lives.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:56:33 AM PST
by
Larebil
(My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
To: MrB
I don’t have any problems with torturing terrorists. I think we should threaten ‘em with sex-change operations - threaten to send ‘em to Allah as women. And if they don’t talk - do it!
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:57:06 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
To: wastedyears
“Just like people defending Saddams gas chambers.”
And defending Saddam’s rape rooms, putting people to death in large shredders, shocking genitals. Bush and Cheney are the bad guys don’t you know.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:57:25 AM PST
by
LottieDah
(Democrats in charge equals attack of the asshats.)
To: AngryJawa
Watching 24/7 the COUPLE FROM HELL is sheer TORTURE!!...That alone would want to makes one want to commit Hara-Kiri!
To: UKrepublican
I thought torture does not work, isn’t that what all teh dems have been saying? If this worked in 35 seconds, it can’t be torture...Right???
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:57:30 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
To: ReluctantDragon
Exactly. Liberals are hypocrites. They claim to be compassionate, but can't understand your love for your country and family. They will spout "There is no room for violence in this world." (said in best liberal whine) UNTIL it's their daughter, son or loved one's life on the line. Liberals are not compassionate; they are sycophants.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:58:15 AM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: UKrepublican
I bet they break so easy becasue they come from the desert and are totally unused to water.
It sounds like it would be good for the sinuses.
To: wastedyears
Who was the dim bulb that actually said Saddam had the right to because they were “his” people?
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:59:30 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: UKrepublican
Hajji’s HATE the waterboard! The toughest person around usually breaks in a couple of minutes.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:59:43 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Vote for Mike Huckabee or Chuck Norris will give you a wedgie!)
To: MrB
what the naysayers fail to realize is that even if the bad guy lies about intel to get the ‘torture’ to stop, the most important effectiveness is when you go back to him with his lie and do it again. He knows what’s coming.
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posted on
12/12/2007 6:59:56 AM PST
by
RDTF
(Remember Pearl Harbor)
To: LottieDah
Not to mention that AQ did not sign the Geneva Convention so they have to use the Democrats to protect them.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:00:16 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: UKrepublican
The suspect lasted only 35 seconds before he broke.***************
Excellent.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:00:16 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: MrB
The difference is that the use of waterboarding did not end the Iraqi War. The use of the atom bomb ended the World War II in the Pacific theater. Had the United States fought the war with the overwhelming use of firepower, something our military is very good at, we could have ended this conflict several years ago. Instead the Administration chose to fight a prolonged, no-win war, and only changed course with the surge after the GOP suffered serious setbacks in last year’s Presidential elections.
To: wideawake
“critics say it can result in long-lasting psychological damage”
They also say leaving these guys in Guantanamo leaves long lasting damage. Barking dogs, underwear on the head, serving chardoney above 49 degrees causes long lasting psychological damage.
They never mention that strapping a bomb to themselves causes long lasting psychological damage too.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:02:29 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
To: Wallace T.
Sorry, I meant Congressional elections.
To: wideawake
Those who say let’s do evil so that good may come of it are justly condemned.
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posted on
12/12/2007 7:02:49 AM PST
by
Romulus
("Ira enim viri iustitiam Dei non operatur")
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