In all the hyperbole surrounding the publication today of the CIA report one needs to keep in mind that there has not been an equivalent attack on America following 9th September 2001 http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/12/09/3601209/cia/
Disregard the conclusion "Torture didn’t stop a single terrorist attack" - it is not possible to prove a negative.
Following the attack on the World Trade Centre western governments and their security agencies took all necessary steps to prevent a recurrence. That message got out and the supplying and servicing of the terrorists dried up, leaving only the fanatics. And as we have seen, there are not enough fanatics to prevail against us.
American Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said on 18th September 2001: "We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in, and that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbour terrorists." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/attacked/transcripts/rumsfeld_091801.htm
That policy worked.
Disregard the conclusion "Torture didn’t stop a single terrorist attack" - it is not possible to prove a negative.
Following the attack on the World Trade Centre western governments and their security agencies took all necessary steps to prevent a recurrence. That message got out and the supplying and servicing of the terrorists dried up, leaving only the fanatics. And as we have seen, there are not enough fanatics to prevail against us.
American Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld said on 18th September 2001: "We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in, and that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbour terrorists." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/attacked/transcripts/rumsfeld_091801.htm
That policy worked.
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