“I am a very conservative Latin Mass former female JAG officer who was devastated when it came out that the CIA had abandoned American values.”
Ma’am, with all due respect, for one, I wouldn’t believe a word a Democrat says and that is based on empirical data. Second, CIA operatives and the head of the program that allegedly employed these horrific measures was not consulted. Third, every one of the senators who were on the committee were constantly briefed on what was going on. They knew what was being employed and what information was garnered from those interrogations.
As it does appear that the events that transpired are not of “American” values, I submit that Bin Laden was our number 1 target and the CIA used any method available to acquire information to terminate said target. And they did so, with extreme prejudice.
Here is the travesty. Knowing what methods were used to get information on Bin Laden, our President took a victory lap after SEAL team 6 finished the job that took 10 years of work.
As an aside to this, Daniel Pearl had his head cut off by the same terrorists who we are being accused of torturing.
Yes I know, and I believe that the report was released to harm Republicans. Nonetheless, we have come full circle. From the belief that harsh interrogations measures elicit unreliable information, 180 degrees to approving waterboarding and worse to the final conclusion that harsh interrogations measures elicit unreliable information.
The CIA is depraved and needs to be rebuilt. I don’t know that the Republicans are up to the job, they seem to want to play kissy face with the Democrats.