Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Morphing of Warfare Revolutionary War til Now Date:   12/10/2014 7:00:26 PM

They didn't make it up, they used cables, memos and other written records to complile it.  It would have been better if they had conducted interviews.  I've seen that a number of former interrogators would like to have been interviewed. I read one article today by a former interrogator who claimed that the worst of the techniques were not discussed in the report.  

It is political theatre, there is not doubt about that.  Diane Finestein continues  to claim that she was never briefed, but the person who conducted the briefing said she was... but if they weren't honest with the Prez, it isn't likely that they told her the complete truth either.  I don't think it served any useful purpose (other than political) to release this now. 

My understand that nothing they got from the enhanced techniques resulted in the capture of Osama Bin Laden.  He was captured a nmber of years after the techniques were stopped and it was likely the result of informants on the ground and/or satellite phots.  But it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the structure of Al Queda, and insight into the inner workings of Al Queda came from these sessions.  If you think back to that time, we didn't really know much about Al Queda and how it worked.