Comments on: Bombshell: ABC independently confirms success of CIA “torture” tactics

By: tribe.net: hotair.com

tribe.net: hotair.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:41:48 +0000

Re: "put me in a room with him"…

You’re kidding, right?

By: Waterboarding - Page 10 - INGunOwners

Waterboarding - Page 10 - INGunOwners — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:01:10 +0000

[...] article written and published in the Chicago Tribune. Here is more opinion for this debate. Hot Air Blog Archive Bombshell: ABC independently confirms success of CIA “torture” tact… __________________ Article I Section 32 Indiana Constitution — The people shall have a right to [...]

By: Cell phones: reviews blog » Blog Archive » ABC independently confirms success of CIA “torture” tactics

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:35:21 +0000

[...] was valuable; it saved lives and Ross ’s sources include people opposed to the practices used.read more | digg [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » ABC exclusive: Total number of Al Qaeda figures waterboarded by CIA is…

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:33:42 +0000

[...] you’ve never seen it, watch the video of Brian Ross telling O’Reilly on the Factor last year how useful some of the information obtained after [...]

By: Neocon News

Neocon News — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:12:01 +0000

Waterboarding is torture, so try it at home with your brother?…

Allahpundit at Hot Air links to this breathtaking Democratic Underground post.
I was thinking about the AG confirmation and how Mukasey isn’t certain that waterboarding constitutes torture. And then I started thinking about how Rudy Giuliani does…

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Elisabeth on Rosie: I don’t know if we’re friends anymore

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:03:41 +0000

[...] Update: That’s exactly the type of non-answer Sullivan gives when presented with that question, isn’t it? “But doesn’t torture work sometimes?” “Dear god, sir. Really.“ [...]

By: Coercive techniques do not work? « The True Conservative

Coercive techniques do not work? « The True Conservative — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:32:47 +0000

[...] Coercive techniques do not work? If you are of the belief that coercive techniques are not effective, then listen to this ABC News journalist’s report which drops an a-bomb on that argument. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Al Jazeera reporter: KSM “is not a man of Allah”

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:51:15 +0000

[...] Bet again, pal. According to Brian Ross, Binalshibh cried like a little girl. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » KSM confesses to Gitmo tribunal: I planned 9/11 “from A to Z”; Update: Partial transcript added

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:01:09 +0000

[...] The Library Tower plot was the one he allegedly confessed to after being waterboarded. [...]

By: The Blarg » Blog Archive » The United States is Torturing Terrorists….Aren’t They?

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:50:23 +0000

[...] Video at HotAir.com [...]

By: Occasional Outbursts » Video: Current TV demonstrates waterboarding

Occasional Outbursts » Video: Current TV demonstrates waterboarding — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:27:31 +0000

[...] If you missed it last month, watch Brian Ross explain to O’Reilly how waterboarding KSM helped foil a 9/11-type plot targeting the Library Tower in L.A. It’s rude of me to introduce irrelevant details like that into the debate, I know, but I do love to shock. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Heart-ache: 34% say civil liberties restrictions ok, 25% say not restricted enough

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:28:56 +0000

[...] Question for our three liberal readers. Given all the political trouble “torture” has caused the administration, why do you suppose Bush is so intent upon it? The left maintains a quasi-religious belief, despite the evidence to the contrary, that waterboarding cannot, under any circumstances, produce useful information, so that theory’s out. Which leaves us with only three possibilities: [...]

By: Cold Fury » Blog Archive » Torture Non-Debate

Cold Fury » Blog Archive » Torture Non-Debate — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:10:31 +0000

[...] On another aside, they throw a lot of non-sequiturs into the mix. They have cops and lawyers commenting at various points that torture never works. On the one hand, this conflates the harsh but lawful methods discussed in the FM with torture. On the other hand, what gives lawyers and cops, who aren’t supposed to engage in anything other than non-coercive questioning, any insight on this issue? On the other other hand, the brutal reality is that torture may in fact sometimes work. Again, I’m not taking a stand on the legality and efficacy of particular controversial methods here; instead I’m pointing out that the glib, categorical discussion of interrogation that MSNBC indulges in is blatantly inaccurate. [...]

By: roydee43

roydee43 — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:00:52 +0000

It is interesting to read and express views here. The bottom line is that we have just a few days to do something effective.

Vote! Several states have early voting open now.

And even more effective – take a couple of months of cola or beer money and contribute a little to some important races out of our voting areas. I think some outside contributions helped John Thune retire Tom Daschel in the last election.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Current TV demonstrates waterboarding

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Current TV demonstrates waterboarding — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:08:58 +0000

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Time exclusive: Khaled Sheikh Mohammed beheaded Daniel Pearl

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:22:14 +0000

[...] Remember: “torture” never works. Except when it does. Even Hillary knows that. [...]

By: SalJournal.com Blogs » Blog Archive » Water Boarding Works

SalJournal.com Blogs » Blog Archive » Water Boarding Works — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:12:34 +0000

[...] View the video on this site. [...]

By: omnipotent

omnipotent — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:55:53 +0000

If a tree fall on Keith Olbermann during his show, and no one is watching, does anyone care?

talk amongst yourselves….

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » World to end shortly: Senate vote on detainee bill forthcoming

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:39:01 +0000

[...] Well, no. Those two aren’t always contradictory, no matter how much Pope Andrew I wishes they were. Watch the Brian Ross video and listen to him patiently explain how information coerced from Khaled Sheikh Mohammed proved to be quite reliable indeed. And ended up saving god knows how many Californians’ (blue state!) lives. [...]

By: Military Matters » Blog Archive » WSJ tortures logic with editorial

Military Matters » Blog Archive » WSJ tortures logic with editorial — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:13:21 +0000

[...] I hear this a lot, but my personal experience as well as that of the folks who interrogated many Al Qaeda terrorists says otherwise. As a matter of fact our friend KSM got a good dose of some coercive interrogation and he gave chapter and verse on his compatriots, names, addresses, communication plans and plans for terrorist attacks. We used this info to arrest many terrorists and to stop attacks saving innocent lives. KSM while inconvenienced during the 2 or so minutes he was waterboarded, was none the worse for wear and we acted in a way perfectly consistent with the ideals of this country. Of the 14 high value prisoners interrogated with these methods, all broke, many before we even got to waterboarding. The ones that did lasted 30 or 40 seconds, with KSM winning a prize for going 2 and a half minutes. HotAir has video of ABC’s Brian Ross explaining how CIA interrogators confirmed the effectiveness of these techniques. More from the WSJ. The president’s plan was shameful. [...]

By: release » Detainee Dilemma

release » Detainee Dilemma — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:34:44 +0000

[...] Thanks to ABC correspondent Brian Ross, we know that several high-level Al Qaeda members in U.S. custody broke down under expert interrogation – some lasting for mere seconds, none more than just over two minutes. In the process, they gave up valuable information leading to the arrest of several operative and the foiling of at least one major plot to blow up L.A.’s largest skyscraper. Thousands of lives were saved. [...]

By: the-gunslinger

the-gunslinger — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:28:22 +0000

Should have said:

SOMETIMES you have to choose: Scruples or Survival.
Sometimes you can’t have both.

Nicely said, Pwhited. Jihad as “The Terminator”…he never stops coming at you, until you kill him completely, utterly, overwhelmingly, and finally dead. And consideriing he doesn’t play by “human” rules, you don’t much worry about HOW you do it.

By: the-gunslinger

the-gunslinger — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:17:01 +0000

“Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight.
But Roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right.”

But sometimes you have to choose: Scruples or Survival. Sometimes you can’t have both.

By: Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar » Secrecy and Stealth, fighting ghosts with rules and September 11, 2001

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:58:14 +0000

[...] UPDATE: Brought this post up from June 13 2005 because…well because this latest bit on ABC News proved me correct in declaring that torture works. Now we can well and truly laugh at the absurdity that is Senator Grandstand McCain. Sorry I have lost my respect for him after his theft of my 1st Amendment rights and his repeated Grandstands that put my family at risk. To say that Andrew Sullivan is irrelevent is redundant but finding out that torture does indeed save lives means that the next time he suggests not using torture he ante up his family as hostages to be sacrificed for his morality. Not real fond of those who feel like it is ok to sacrifice others so they can sleep well at night. But more on that below. [...]

By: The Broken Chair

The Broken Chair — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:29:55 +0000

What is Torture?…

The use of torture to gather intelligence from terrorists is under great scrutiny lately. There are those who believe torture works and those that don’t…….