CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks + Countdown: Haynes was told methods were torture

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By Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers
April 24, 2009

WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any “specific imminent attacks,” according to recently declassified Justice Department memos.

That undercuts assertions by former vice president Dick Cheney and other former Bush administration officials that the use of harsh interrogation tactics including waterboarding, which is widely considered torture, was justified because it headed off terrorist attacks.

The risks and effectiveness of waterboarding and other enhanced techniques are at the center of an increasingly heated debate over how thoroughly to investigate the CIA’s secret detention and interrogation programs.

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Haynes was told methods were TORTURE and were UNRELIABLE by JPRA

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Countdown-Maj. Gen. John Batiste (Ret.) on torture – fess up, own it, heal.

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Rachel Maddow – opens with Cheney document request timeline. Interesting…

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