New CIA Docs Show Effectiveness of Enhanced Interrogation

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12:47 PM, Nov 3, 2009 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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According to a release this morning from Judicial Watch, the most recent CIA docu-dump regarding its detainee interrogation program turns up a couple of new nuggets showing just how vital this program was to national security. JW highlights the CIA's official confirmation of what many have known for a long time: "Detainee reporting accounts for more than half of all HUMINT reporting on al-Qa'ida since the program began..."

Further, the newly released June 1, 2005 and the July 12, 2005 reports reached the same conclusion as the previously released June 3, 2005 report:

"One of the gains to detaining the additional terrorists has been the thwarting of a number of al-Qa'ida operations in the United States and overseas."

JW's president, Tom Fitton succinctly summarizes these findings in his http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/nov/judicial-watch-obtains-new-ci... target=_blank>release,

"All of these CIA documents come to the same conclusion: Detainee interrogations are effective and have helped save lives in the United States and overseas,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. â€˜The Obama administration initially attempted to conceal the effectiveness of detainee interrogations by cherry picking documents to support its view on the interrogation program. We're pleased we have been able to provide the American people with more of the truth about the effectiveness of terrorist detainee interrogations."

So rock and roll really did save the world.

HT: Keep America Safe