Damn. Like the creative license taken in Argo, where the big drama at the airport when the US six were trying to get out of Tehran was all made up for the movie, yes folks it did not actually happen in the real version ... I learned the same today about ZDT. Three high ranking members of Congress from both parties have gone on the record to confirm that torture did not play a key role in the hunt for bin Laden as depicted in the flick.
Can't anyone get these things right, especially when these are historic events. I think Lincoln has a lot less of this type of shenanigans.
Yes, torture didn't get useful information. In fact, some useful information came from one person, and then when they started cranking down the screws (figuratively, sort of), he actually started giving misinformation. Congress has investigated and reported on this quite a bit.
Roy Hersh wrote:Three high ranking members of Congress from both parties have gone on the record to confirm that torture did not play a key role in the hunt for bin Laden as depicted in the flick.
Can't anyone get these things right, especially when these are historic events. I think Lincoln has a lot less of this type of shenanigans.
What do you expect them to say, "Yes we torture..."? Heck, our current Administration does not like to use the word Terrorist, so no way are they going to acknowledge torture...
Roy Hersh wrote:There are certainly some things, where the old expression: "By any means necessary" ... could be applied. Catching a guy like this, I'm all in!
Defense Secretary Panetta admits that CIA used the information from waterboarding to capture Osama Bin Laden