It has been reported in a New York Times article that C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding much more than we previously were aware of. Waterboarding was used 83 times against Abu Zubaydah in August 2002. Former C.I.A. official John Kiriakou had previously reported that waterboarding had only been used for 35 seconds before Zubaydah agreed to tell everything. The C.I.A. used waterboarding 183 times in March 2003 against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks.
President Obama has said that he “opposes Congressional proposals for a truth commission to examine Bush administration counterterrorism programs, including interrogation.” The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating the C.I.A. interrogation program.
I am disgusted at President Obama for not supporting what needs to be done to get information from terrorists. The terrorists have no compassion for Americans and would kill us all if they could. The government needs to continue to use the methods necessary to help prevent this from happening.
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Well being a big Obama supporter, I would not say that I am "disgusted" with Obama, but I do think that more should be done.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! I certainly don't believe he is doing enough to keep us safe. He isn't any different than the previous Presidents.... They make a lot of promises,but don't follow through.
ReplyDeleteI wish things like this did not have to happen to get information from known terrorist but at the end of the day national security matters more to me than those who have attempted to attack this nation or citizens of this nation in any way.
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