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Sheriff Buford T. Justice approves | Shut Up, He Explained says:

May 5, 2011 at 10:40 am

[…] bad interrogation techniques that led to Osama Bin Laden’s shuffling off this mortal coil are actually more in the way of attention-getters than actual interrogation techniques. In light of all the back and forth that has taken place in the aftermath of the bin Laden […]
Drew says:

May 5, 2011 at 11:40 am

I assume from the fact that you cite Lynn Sweet on your cite that you are familiar with her. Like Ms. Sweet, I live in Illinois. We all know the real Obama and the ugly political soup from which he rose. His self aggrandizing actions in office surprise no one here.

Ask Ms Sweet sometime about Obama and his self professed “political godfather,” the illustrious Emil Jones.
PE says:

May 5, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Sounds like the interrogators are expert at captivating hearts and minds.
Worth a thousand (just) words: show the photos, Mr. President « Public Secrets says:

May 5, 2011 at 1:02 pm

[…] in handling the post-mission PR: erroneous and contradictory statements, walkbacks, failure to give credit where credit is due — wasn’t “communication” supposed to be one of the strengths of The […]
RM says:

May 5, 2011 at 1:24 pm

I suppose that the intel from “aggressive counterterrorism techniques” was the one thing not “inherited” from Bush.
Political Byline » Blog Archive » Why Bush will not be joining Obama at ground zero says:

May 5, 2011 at 2:56 pm

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Neo says:

May 5, 2011 at 4:53 pm

The house was a known al Qaeda hang out …

Asked why they had not checked out a building so close a major military facility the ISI said that the compound had actually been raided when the house was under construction in 2003 when the authorities believed an Al Qaeda operative Abu Faraj Al Libbi was there. On that occasion he escaped.

From 2002 to 2005, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, was al Qaeda’s No. 3 man. He is now a resident of Club Gitmo.
ST says:

May 5, 2011 at 6:29 pm

Drew – I’ve written about Obama’s kingmaker Emil Jones a few times. Here’s one of the posts in which I talk about him.
Carlos says:

May 6, 2011 at 2:09 am

If one is given enough of the proper kind of negative stimuli, one will always get to the “cooperation” point in gathering valid and useful information.

Problem is, with mental pygmies like Boxer and Pelousy, knowing where that line is is like finding any other liberal goalposts: they keep changing them.

I, for one, am very glad techniques that gained the information were used, and the ultimate result was the demise of a very satanic person. I would have been just as happy had they gained the information with threats, or the use of dogs or pigs.

The naysayers are simply trying (unsuccessfully) to make moral equivalence relative, but in war that’s a dangerous and losing game.
CIA “deniers” are the new birthers « Public Secrets says:

May 10, 2011 at 3:22 pm

[…] LINKS: My blog-buddy ST on an earlier Thiessen article. […]

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