al Qaeda operatives do not show that waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) 'actually worked.' Hosenball concedes that the detainees gave up a treasure trove of valuable intelligence, but the documents do not 'convincingly demonstrate' that the EITs 'produced this useful information.'">Newsweek's Mark Hosenball says the Inspector General's report and other recently-released documents pertaining to Bush-era interrogations of top al Qaeda operatives do not show that waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) 'actually worked.' Hosenball concedes that the detainees gave up a treasure trove of valuable intelligence, http://www.cheaptomsoutletshoessale.com - cheap toms shoes , but the documents do not 'convincingly demonstrate' that the EITs 'produced this useful information.'">Newsweek's Mark Hosenball says the Inspector General's report and other recently-released documents pertaining to Bush-era interrogations of top al Qaeda operatives do not show that waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) "actually worked." Hosenball concedes that the detainees gave up a treasure trove of valuable intelligence, but the documents do not "convincingly demonstrate" that the EITs "produced this useful information."This is likely to be the new conventional wisdom on the documents. It's wrong, so let's take it apart.First, here are the four key paragraphs from the Inspector General's Report that deal specifically with waterboarding - the harshest of the enhanced interrogation techniques - and its effect on intelligence production. They are reproduced below, with redactions noted, because you have to read them together to understand as much of the story as possible. The paragraphs can all be found on pages 90 and 91 of the Inspector General's Report. The waterboard has been used on three detainees Abu Zubaydah, http://www.cheaptomsoutletshoessale.com - cheap toms sale , Al-Nashiri, and Khalid Shaykh Muhammad. [REDACTED]…with the belief that each of the three detainees possessed perishable information about imminent threats against the United States. Prior to the use of EITs, Abu Zubaydah provided information for [REDACTED] intelligence reports. Interrogators applied the waterboard to Abu Zubaydah at least 83 times during August 2002. During the period between the end of the use of the waterboard and 30 April 2003, he provided information for approximately [REDACTED] additional reports. It is not possible to say definitively that the waterboard is the reason for Abu Zubaydah's increased production, or if another factor, such as the length of detention, was the catalyst. Since the use of the waterboard, http://www.cheaptomsoutletshoessale.com - www.cheaptomsoutletshoessale.com , however, Abu Zubaydah has appeared to be cooperative, [REDACTED] With respect to Al-Nashiri, [REDACTED] reported two waterboard sessions in November 2002, after which the psychologist/interrogators determined that Al-Nashiri was compliant. However, after being moved [REDACTED] Al-Nashiri was thought to be withholding information. Al-Nashiri subsequently received additional EITs, [REDACTED] but not the waterboard. The Agency then determined Al-Nashiri to be "compliant." Because of Related articles:
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