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2019-01-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Edward Snowden Hits Out At CIA Director Gina Haspel

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-18 01:37|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Because people suspect torturing terrorists extracts useful information and has a deterrent effect?

Because the perfect is the enemy of the good enough.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-18 02:02|| 2019-01-18 02:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Fast Eddie speaking to us from his Kremlin funded safe house.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-18 02:09|| 2019-01-18 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd rather deal with terrorists than torture people. I can't believe people are onboard with these warmonger neo-cons and the deep state. WTF?

If the intelligence community wasn't committing multiple felonies every day, Snowden wouldn't have had anything to expose.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-01-18 03:50|| 2019-01-18 03:50|| Front Page Top

#4 > "I'd rather deal with terrorists than torture people".

I'm not saying it's particularly good or effective, it's just that people are OK with it because they think it will work. Personally I have no problems with using violence on those who would initiate violence on me. Both terrorists and the states employees.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-18 06:07|| 2019-01-18 06:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Re #4. Yes. After the failed sheriff candidate in NC joking about it being "Okay" to go the cold dead hands route with gun owners, all gummint functionaries should understand everything is "on the table" under certain circumstances.

For all other terrorists, it should be on the table whether they understand it or not...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-18 10:08|| 2019-01-18 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 So..... Dronezapping terrorists in automobiles (The Other passengers shoulda known better!) is A-Okay™ for some people, but Waterboarding is the Ultimate Evil™ Like "Running a death camp like Auschwitz of Treblinka!!!1!!"

Gotcha. You are either a One Issue Fanatic™ or are just looking for a partisan political issue to wound your political foes with.

Posted by magpie 2019-01-18 11:09|| 2019-01-18 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Jeebus, Herb, your Virtue Signalling bled all over my screen. We should let you personally visit to "deal" with these people

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-18 11:40|| 2019-01-18 11:40|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a difference between torture for torture's sake and enhanced interrogation.
Read Lee Ellis's book "Leading with Honor". He was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton (John McCain's roommate). The stuff the POWs went through was TORTURE.
Some people think we should only interrogate terrorists over warm milk and cookies (or tea if they're vegan).

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-01-18 13:44|| 2019-01-18 13:44|| Front Page Top

#9 "Snowden, who copied and leaked highly classified information from the NSA "

Put it in plain English - SPIED FOR THE RUSSIANS

Posted by Glolush Whusotch4899 2019-01-18 14:02|| 2019-01-18 14:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Rambler,
"Torture" is a loaded word. American's are not in favor of "torture". Nor are they in favor of beating your wife/husband/child.

Waterboarding is uncomfortable. Al-Qaeda types are trained to resist until "torture", after which it is OK to talk.

~~Many~~Some people are just ignorant.

Posted by Fat Bob Glaise8594 2019-01-18 14:34|| 2019-01-18 14:34|| Front Page Top

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