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Published 4/22/2009 by emilyes at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Bush-era interrogation techniques that many view as torture may have yielded important information about terrorists, the nation's top intelligence officer said in an internal memo.
"High-value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qaeda organization that was attacking this country," said [...]
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