CIA and torture

[JohnR]

That was a great speech on a subject that has gone on for centuries and has spun off many interesting bits of thought.

I see it frequently with people that have lived most of their life in their thought silos & circles.

You really teased my thoughts out past where I was going with it but there is much truth in that.

[justplugit]

Great read and comment on Bennett's speech, Detbuch.
Last night Dr. Mitchell said the reason he took the job with the CIA and it's interrogation program was after seeing people falling from the trade center and the "sheepdog's" from Flight 93 heroism. He was willing to give up his life for his country. Now without even being interviewed by the Dem sheep in their report tey are on their high and mighty Political "morality condemning him.
I wonder what these sheep would be saying if we had had another 9/11 hit?

Meantime the sheep are out protesting against the very "sheep dogs" that put their lives on the line for the protection of all our lives.

[Jim in CT]

It is something that a petty, vindictive elitist like Diane Feinstein can release that report without bothering to ask the folks at the CIAs clandestine srvice, for their side of the story.

The interviews with Megyn kelly were fantastic.

She also had Marc Thiessen on (he's a frequent guest, was a speechwriter/policy advisor to Bush, a brilliant young conservative, thoughtful and respectful). When talking about whether or not we actually got any actionable intelligence from torture, Thiessen said that one of the guys recently killed by an Obama drone attack, was only made known to us by the enhanced interrogation of the terrorists.

Can't we just find out the truth? If Thiessen is lying, I genuinely want to know, so that i don't listen to him anymore. If he i stelling th etruth, then a lot of liberals who claim it didn't work, will have egg on their faces.

I have to believe that if th eliberals could prove that Thiessen and #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney are lying that it worked, they's present the evidence to show the world that #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney is a flat-out liar. That they haven't done that, tells me that they know that Cheney and Thiessen are telling th etruth.

It's putrid. One side is lying, and the documentation exists for us to know who the liars are.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

The interviews with Megyn kelly were fantastic.

She also had Marc Thiessen on (he's a frequent guest, was a speechwriter/policy advisor to Bush, a brilliant young conservative, thoughtful and respectful). When talking about whether or not we actually got any actionable intelligence from torture, Thiessen said that one of the guys recently killed by an Obama drone attack, was only made known to us by the enhanced interrogation of the terrorists.

Can't we just find out the truth? If Thiessen is lying, I genuinely want to know, so that i don't listen to him anymore. If he i stelling th etruth, then a lot of liberals who claim it didn't work, will have egg on their faces.

hahah a former speechwriter. He's probably not lying, he just may believe anything he's told.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

hahah a former speechwriter. He's probably not lying, he just may believe anything he's told.

Then let's find out! I think we can all agre ethat th eleft has no love for #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney. Cheney says the torture produced actionabl intelligence. If Cheney is lying, than the CIA has proof of that, in th edocumentation of what the tortured told us. I'm supposed to believe that the Democrats have tangile proof that Cheney is lying, and they won't share thst for some reason?

I mean, Obama keeps saying that torture doesn't work. IF THAT'S TRUE, show us the proof of that, and then instantly, public opinion would be in Obama's favor.

The feds have released a lot of details about th etorture - who did it, ho wmany times, etc. Why not release the proof that nothing the tortured said, produced actionable intelligence?

Thiessen said that a recent drone victim wa sonly revealed to us through torture. If Obama is telling the truth, then we must have learned about thi sguy another way. Show us the proof.

Spence, Obama has the proof (one way or the other) in his hands, but he won't share it. I wonder why that is?