I went on a slight rant last week about all the Bush war criminals coming out of the woodwork to take credit for his death and in playing up the role their use of torture had in finding Osama bin Laden. In the comments section, anonymous pointed me to Wall Street Journal op ed written by lousy ex-Bush attorney general, and criminal enabler and accessory, Michael Mukasey. Mukasey wrote a bunch of lies about how much information we got from Khalid Sheihk Muhammad after we waterboarded him 183 times. Now anyone with a working brain and the ability to read who isn't a torture apologist, knew that everything Mukasey wrote was steaming pile of bullshit. But who is calling this out more than anyone? Our old, angry, pale as a ghost, ex-torture victim and 2008 GOP presidential nominee, John McCain. Now McCain might have sold his soul a hundred times over to get the GOP nomination and to hold onto his senate seat and was reckless beyond belief when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate but the guy knows torture and is probably the only topic that you can still trust him on. I have sought further information from the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and they confirm for me that, in fact, the best intelligence gained from a CIA detainee — information describing Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti’s real role in Al-Qaeda and his true relationship to Osama bin Laden — was obtained through standard, non-coercive means, not through any ‘enhanced interrogation technique.’
In short, it was not torture or cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees that got us the major leads that ultimately enabled our intelligence community to find Osama bin Laden. I hope former Attorney General Mukasey will correct his misstatement. It’s important that he do so because we are again engaged in this important debate, with much at stake for America’s security and reputation. Each side should make its own case, but do so without making up its own facts.
So fuck you, I was right...as usual.
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