9/11 info gained by coercion may be suspect

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WASHINGTON -- In the Sept. 11 commission reports released yesterday, the striking portrait of al-Qaida as a wobbly but determined organization lurching toward its catastrophic strike against America was built largely on the two plot leaders' own words.

In a series of interrogations in secret locations with U.S. officials, two of the plot masterminds, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, have provided the most detailed account yet of the origins of the Sept. 11 attacks and the challenges faced by the group's top lieutenants.

But their accounts have stirred an unresolved debate about their credibility. Binalshibh, who was captured in 2002, and Mohammed, who was apprehended in 2003, have been the subjects of highly coercive interrogation methods authorized by the Bush administration for use against high-level al-Qaida detainees, according to senior government officials.

Those methods, some officials said, cast doubt on the reliability of the accounts.

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1. That's the problem with torture.

You never know if they are telling you what you want to hear because it is the truth, or because they want you to stop beating them, or because they know it's what you want to hear.

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2. "Confess or we will torture you"

"Ok, I confess."

What a rediculous charade.

"9/11 info gained by coercion may be suspect" -

Gee, ya think?