May 04, 2011 08:34 PM
Wilkerson: 'Let Me Waterboard Donald Rumsfeld and Then We'll See if He Says It's Torture or Not'
VIDEO:
http://current.com/16irmkc......................
WILKERSON:
First of all his last statement about hordes of intelligence is preposterous. It didn't produce hoards of intelligence. In fact, I never saw any raw intelligence pass my desk that came from such things that was actionable, that really led to any circumstance at all that produced a result that was positive.
Secondly, Donald Rumsfeld only has as knowledge what his bureaucracy gave him. He wasn't there. He wasn't at the site. Multiple tiers of bureaucracy gave him the information that he had. And he made damned sure that that bureaucracy was sycophants, yes men, yes women. He made sure that the people working for him told him what he wanted to hear.
So one has to expect that Donald Rumsfeld heard what he just said and that was that actionable intelligence was produced by these procedures. It is preposterous.
And let me say one last thing. As Christopher Hitchens said after he was actually waterboarded, this is torture, changing his view. Let me waterboard Donald Rumsfeld and then we'll see if he says it's torture or not.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/05/973473/-Wilkerson:-Let-Me-Waterboard-Donald-Rumsfeld-and-Then-Well-See-if-He-Says-Its-Torture-or-Not