Why Bush’s ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Program Failed (great thinkprogress report)

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http://thinkprogress.org/why-enhanced-interrogation-failed/#Ib

CONTENTS

I. TORTURE DOES NOT YIELD ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE
• Military, Intelligence Experts: Info From Enhanced Techniques Is Unreliable
• The Interrogations Of Zubaydah And KSM: Enhanced Techniques Produced No Actionable Intelligence
• Enhanced Interrogations Led To False Claims Of Iraq/Al Qaeda Link

II. TORTURE MAKES AMERICANS LESS SAFE
• Enhanced Interrogations Recruits Terrorists
• Enhanced Interrogations Puts American Soldiers At Risk
• Enhanced Interrogations Ruin Credibility Of Intelligence Agencies
• Enhanced Interrogations Strain Alliances
• Interrogations Ruined America’s Moral Authority
• Enhanced Interrogations Makes Terrorists Unprosecutable

III. HISTORICAL LESSONS CAUTION AGAINST ENHANCED TECHNIQUES
• Enhanced Techniques Derived From Ineffective Communist Tactics

See link for details. Also in pdf format.