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2022-04-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

CIA's ‘Queen of Torture' who inspired Jessica Chastain's Zero Dark Thirty character says waterboarding is not torture but enhanced interrogation was ‘exceptionally good' as she talks about black site work for the first time

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's the first interview she's ever done, she said, and she decided to speak to make clear she was not forced out of the agency but left on her own terms.

Because it's all about her you see. Nothing she says here or writes about in the future will in any way, assist the efforts of the intelligence community today or in any future collection challenges.

Did I mention it was all about her and not about the people or country she was sworn to protect ?

"Departed on her own terms." And the "terms" of retirement for a gov't SES are indeed quite nice. The "terms" are however, afforded to all retirees.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-22 00:23|| 2022-04-22 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Every time I had to participate in Escape and Evasion training I was waterboarded
It really only works if you don’t know how to swim or you are afraid of water
Not a big deal except for getting my sinuses cleaned

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-04-22 07:47|| 2022-04-22 07:47|| Front Page Top

Posted by Greng Black3494 2022-04-22 09:35|| 2022-04-22 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The break room TV was set to MSNBC -- lunch time was Torture!

Posted by magpie 2022-04-22 14:09|| 2022-04-22 14:09|| Front Page Top

Posted by Rupert Slaving 2022-04-22 18:46|| 2022-04-22 18:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Snowflakes™ have devalued the meaning of Torture beyond satire.

Posted by magpie 2022-04-22 19:16|| 2022-04-22 19:16|| Front Page Top

#7 I would imagine it gets seriously annoying to be rousted out of bed at four am to be waterboarded for the fiftieth time.

Posted by KBK 2022-04-22 22:40|| 2022-04-22 22:40|| Front Page Top