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http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/12/12/john-brennan-is-still-lying-ctd/
The key word there is “subsequently.” He’s arguing that some useful
intelligence was later acquired from prisoners who had been tortured.
What’s he’s conceding is that torture gave us no real intelligence –
against the claims of his predecessors and Cheney. But he wants the
broader question of whether torture played a role in prepping prisoners
to give information in traditional, humane and legal interrogations to
remain an open one. Well, let’s go through the report to see if he has a
leg to stand on.
The Senate’s report lists the plots the CIA has relied most heavily on when making the case for the efficacy of torture:
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