re: #280 Killgore Trout

An uncomfortable fact but it’s true…

Ex-CIA Counterterror Chief: ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Led U.S. to bin Laden

I think the assessment that this is an “uncomfortable fact” is rather subjective.

The truth of the matter is that execution of bin Laden was the result a multi-dimensional intelligence operation. The generalization that “without enhanced interrogation” we would not have found bin Laden is difficult to gauge and largely made with anecdotal (i.e. opinions) rather than empirical evidence.

I would agree on the assessment that without enhanced interrogation bin Laden may or may not have been located. However, the location of bin Laden could not have been accomplished utilizing enhanced interrogation alone.