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A comment on The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Abu Zubaydah. Parent comment

Re:The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Ab... by Natanael_L on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:11AM (#11571138)
Problem is that it doesn't even give all that much actionable information in the first place.
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Re:The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Ab... by ramblerman on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:03AM (#11571447)
Yes and no. In the case of somebody who has information waterboarding is generally an 'efficient' strategy. i.e. you have the guy you know hid the bomb somewhere in manhattan.

It's just very hard to tell when somebody doesn't know anything. And they will start making up information to make it stop. i.e. 10 guys and you have reason to believe one of them may have hidden a bomb somewhere.

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Re:The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Ab... by hnhg on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:44AM (#11571761)
An example of when the information is fabricated: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1...
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Re:The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Ab... by 7952 on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:40AM (#11571726)
Although that guy has a massive incentive to not tell you anything. They just have to hold out for a few hours.
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