CIA PROTECTED & PROMOTED Bin Laden Expert Accused of Shaping CIA Deception on 'Torture' Program

[kpete]

Bin Laden Expert Accused of Shaping CIA Deception on 'Torture' Program
BY MATTHEW COLE



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The report singles out the female expert as a key apologist for the program, stating that she repeatedly told her superiors and others — including members of Congress — that the "torture" was working and producing useful intelligence, when it was not. She wrote the "template on which future justifications for the CIA program and the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques were based," it said.

The expert also participated in "enhanced interrogations" of self-professed 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, witnessed the waterboarding of terror suspect Abu Zubaydah and ordered the detention of a suspected terrorist who turned out to be unconnected to al Qaeda, according to the report.

But instead of being sanctioned, she was promoted.

The expert was not identified by name in the unclassified 528-page summary of the report, but U.S. officials who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity confirmed that her name was redacted at least three dozen times in an effort to avoid publicly identifying her. In fact, much of the four-month battle between Senate Democrats and the CIA about redactions centered on protecting the identity of the woman, an analyst and later "deputy chief" of the unit devoted to catching or killing Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. officials familiar with the negotiations.

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the rest:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/bin-laden-expert-accused-shaping-cia-deception-torture-program-n269551

[Scuba]

1. Punishment of the innocent, promotion of the guilty. It's the American way.

[rhett o rick]

2. Looks more and more like we might not be able to handle the truth. Once the

truth is exposed, we have to make a decision whether to do something about it or not. My guess is most are too busy with their Christmas shopping.

[Volaris]

3. For me, the decision is already made.

Crimes were committed, so PROSECUTIONS need to be forthcoming.
for EVERYONE involved.

[rhett o rick]

4. My point is, how far are we willing to go to see that that happens? nm

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

[Luminous Animal]

6. Alfreda Frances Bikowsky her Wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfreda_Frances_Bikowsky

[deminks]

7. kick

Is it just me or are we on the brink of something here?

[Octafish]

8. Follows the Pattern: the more Cheney screwed up, the higher up the GOP food chain he went.

Same with Rumsfeld. Seriously. They rose up the ranks by screwing America into the fascist ground.