I listened to Soufan's testimony and read the Newsweek article on Soufan's story. The comments are not compelling enough to cause one to come to the same conclusion as Soufan based on the information he provides.
Soufan's conclusion defies common sense and logic. Hardened Terrorists who will sacrifice their very lives to kill as many Americans as they possibly can and destroy America, who are trained to withstand TORTURE and give up no information under duress... (one sec, let's remind ourselves who the terrorists are
Back to Soufan's illogical conclusion: Hardened Terrorists who will sacrifice their very lives to kill as many Americans as they possibly can and destroy America, who are trained to withstand TORTURE and give up no information under duress, will give up all the information we need for a few bandages, a smile from an American Interrogator friend and a coca-cola.
That defies logic and common sense.
And secondly, after hearing testimony and reading the article the conclusion doesn't make sense that when Soufan was getting all the information the CIA wanted...they just said STOP. Stop getting all that top notch information, high yield information. Let's make it more difficult for ourselves.
It is the CIA assertion that KSM stopped talking and enhanced interrogation techniques were necessary.
The assertion that all Soufan has to do is challenge Muslim Extremist Terrorists with passages from the Qua'ran, tend to boo boos, wipe the buttocks, and offer "trust" to get them to tell everything we need to know to prevent devasting attacks described above is beyond belief.
A terrorist went from being a terrorist with a coco-cola and smile. And the information we needed was offered up.
Please. It defies logic and common sense.
Soufan's conclusion defies common sense and logic. Hardened Terrorists who will sacrifice their very lives to kill as many Americans as they possibly can and destroy America, who are trained to withstand TORTURE and give up no information under duress... (one sec, let's remind ourselves who the terrorists are
From a six page response from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to charges at Trial. Gitmo prisoners defend 'blessed' 9/11 attack, CNN"Our religion is a religion of fear and terror to the enemies of God: the Jews, Christians and pagans. With God's willing, we are terrorists to the bone."
It also predicts that the United States "will fall, politically, militarily and economically."
"Your end is very near and your fall will be just as the fall of the towers on the blessed 9/11 day," the court filing said.
"We ask from God to accept our contributions to the great attack, the great attack on America, and to place our nineteen martyred brethren among the highest peak in paradise," the response said, in reference to the al Qaeda militants who hijacked the airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and a field in Pennsylvania.
Back to Soufan's illogical conclusion: Hardened Terrorists who will sacrifice their very lives to kill as many Americans as they possibly can and destroy America, who are trained to withstand TORTURE and give up no information under duress, will give up all the information we need for a few bandages, a smile from an American Interrogator friend and a coca-cola.
That defies logic and common sense.
And secondly, after hearing testimony and reading the article the conclusion doesn't make sense that when Soufan was getting all the information the CIA wanted...they just said STOP. Stop getting all that top notch information, high yield information. Let's make it more difficult for ourselves.
It is the CIA assertion that KSM stopped talking and enhanced interrogation techniques were necessary.
We Could Have Done This Right, By Michael Isikoff | NEWSWEEKFor their part, CIA officials dispute Soufan's argument that harsh methods weren't productive. They say that early on, Zubaydah stopped talkingand that after the FBI agents left the scene, the enhanced interrogations produced important information that led to the capture of Ramzi bin al-Shibh, a key 9/11 plotter.
The assertion that all Soufan has to do is challenge Muslim Extremist Terrorists with passages from the Qua'ran, tend to boo boos, wipe the buttocks, and offer "trust" to get them to tell everything we need to know to prevent devasting attacks described above is beyond belief.
We Could Have Done This Right, By Michael Isikoff | NEWSWEEKAfter Abu Zubaydah railed one day about the influence of American imperialist corporations, he asked Soufan to get him a Coca-Colaa request that prompted the two of them to laugh. Soon enough, Abu Zubaydah offered up more informationabout the bizarre plans of a jihadist from Puerto Rico to set off a "dirty bomb" inside the country. This information led to Padilla's arrest in Chicago by the FBI in early May.
A terrorist went from being a terrorist with a coco-cola and smile. And the information we needed was offered up.
Please. It defies logic and common sense.
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