In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use

New York Times by Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti | Apr. 22, 2009 (Special Report)

The top officials he briefed did not learn that waterboarding had been prosecuted by the United States in war-crimes trials after World War II and was a well-documented favorite of despotic governments since the Spanish Inquisition; one waterboard used under Pol Pot was even on display at the genocide museum in Cambodia. Full Story »

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 by Peter L. Combs - Apr. 22, 2009

A reasonably well sourced look back at the steps taken and not taken when the CIA was getting it's marching orders on interrogation. The newness for them all is very apparent, and how they dealt with it was an exercise of difficult pros and cons. The premise of the article seems irrelevant, in the end a sidebar to the issue.

I think looking back is very easy to do, but having been in Washington and around some of the players at the time was very tough. These people despite the hyperbole in today's news, were doing the best they could with what they knew and believed. This included Dems. and Rep., both sides of the aisle..were in it together.

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