http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/673/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-ignores-panetta-assures-us-brutal-interrogations-didnt-help-track-osama <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times&#039; overconfident analysis of the available information serves to protect its ideological left flank, ignoring C.I.A. director Leon Panetta&#039;s admission that enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, resulted in vital tips: &quot;...a closer look at prisoner interrogations suggests that the harsh techniques played a small role at most in identifying Bin Laden&#039;s trusted courier and exposing his hide-out.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> The Times quickly moved to quash suggestions that "enhanced interrogation" including waterboarding may have yielded useful intelligence in the killing of Osama bin Laden.<p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-ignores-panetta-assures-us-brutal-interrogations-didnt-help-track-osama" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch CharleSavage liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias OsamabinLaden ScottShane Terrorism TimesWatch Torture Wed, 04 May 2011 17:28:00 +0000 admin 293 at http://archive2.mrc.org