U.S. interrogations successful, lawful: spy chief

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. interrogations successful, lawful: spy chief
Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:29pm EST

By Randall Mikkelsen

ST. MARY'S CITY, Maryland (Reuters) - The CIA's harsh questioning
of terrorism suspects was legal and saved lives, the U.S. national
intelligence director said on Wednesday, as Congress questioned a
CIA lawyer about the agency's destruction of interrogation videotapes.

"It has saved lives. And so from my point of view, we've accomplished
the mission within the bounds of U.S. law," the director, Michael
McConnell, told students at St. Mary's College in Maryland.

-snip-

"The United States does not engage in torture. We do use enhanced
interrogation techniques," McConnell said. "There are Americans today
that are alive, that are living and breathing because of those
interrogation techniques."

While McConnell spoke, the House of Representatives Intelligence
Committee met behind closed doors to question CIA attorney John Rizzo,
who is reported to have been involved in the decision to destroy the
tapes. The recordings depicted the interrogations of two suspected
al Qaeda members in 2002, and the tapes were destroyed in 2005.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1611431120080117

[thunder rising]

1. Or was that the episode of 24 where it so well ... I keep getting confused.

[bemildred]

2. "The United States does not engage in torture. We do use enhanced interrogation techniques,"

"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"

[Webster Green]

3. Bullshit!

He's a fucking liar for the chimp!

Now he's a war criminal and a traitor.

[C_U_L8R]

4. oh spare us the "saved lives" crap McConnell

prove it or shut the fuck up

[ixion]

5. no, what the US has done has made torture an option for every other whacko nation

it has taken lives, not saved them.

[Danger Mouse]

6. You don't make up laws as you go along, McConnell, unless you're Bush.

[Solly Mack]

7. I don't tell lies.I tell alternative truths

[LynnTheDem]

8. So were Hitler's.

[Barrett808]

9. k & r!

[saigon68]

10. History will Judge this Fuck-Wad harshly

[GliderGuider]

11. They're not even TRYING to hide the truth.

The phrase “Verschärfte Vernehmung” is German for “enhanced interrogation”.
The Gestapo used verschärfte vernehmung techniques.