re: #398 Gus 802

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.

I agree that it’s unreasonable to claim that without enhanced interrogation we wouldn’t have found bin laden. However in this case there’s a very clear lineage from information gleaned from waterboarding KSM to last week’s raid. I think that’s pretty established. Everything else is hypothetical.