The CIA "torture memo"

April 29, 2012 3:43 PM

"Enhanced interrogation" or torture? Ten methods, described in painstaking detail, that the CIA used to get information from Al Qaeda detainees.

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by jhoughton1 May 4, 2012 9:51 AM EDT: Rodriguez is a monster. I'm sure he loves his family and doesn't have teeth filed to a point. But he's a monster we allowed to be created because of our incredible fear -- Home of the Brave, yeah right! -- after 9/11. We have gone soft, and soft people will make these horrible compromises to keep their soft rear ends safe. It's disgusting!; Reply to this comment


by 3100richmond April 30, 2012 9:09 AM EDT: Leslie should learn more facts about the intelligence community and its actions. Interesting how she chose to mention few time that this segment is taken on the 1st anniversary of Ben Laden's death??
maybe the US and the world is a safer place due to the fact that we have people like Rodriguez!!!; Reply to this comment


by Semper914 April 30, 2012 12:15 AM EDT: It's funny. Professional interrogators and intelligence officers are shaking their head about this. Why? Because they know that torture was an unmitigated intelligence disaster for US military and intelligence community. It's just chkenhawks and Bush cronies that are the apologists and advocates for torture (and look ridiculous calling it anything else).

Rodriguez and his pals should pick up the book "None of Us Were Like This Before." If you haven't read it, pick it up immediately. No matter where you are on our wars, you've got to understand how our forces turn to abusive behavior - and the devastating impact it ultimately has on our brave service members. It's not "just war." That's part of it, but woefully incomplete. Worse, it ignores how these experiences come back to harm US forces - in the battlefield, and when they return home. Look, I'm all for getting tough on terror and taking some hard core tactics to the battlefield. But torture ultimately damages us.; Reply to this comment


by Changiz-Khan April 29, 2012 11:13 PM EDT: When they do it, it is horrible; but, when we do it, it is fine!? Unbelievable! And I can't believe that "60 minutes" gave this man a platform to advertise for his book! We act so much like any other dictatorial system! The only difference is that we try to sell it as a nice thing!; Reply to this comment


by richardcl4 April 29, 2012 8:17 PM EDT: leslie looked like an air head next to Jose. I commend him and his personnel for helping keep this country 'a little safer"........thanks Jose!!!; Reply to this comment


by caricky767 April 29, 2012 8:08 PM EDT: Mr Rodriguez is a national hero and withstood "an interrogation" by Ms Stahl with poise and conviction. After all these terrorists had been responsible for killing Americans and were involved or knew those who were planning more attacks on us. What is President Obama thinking? Whose President is he? Well, thank God for the CIA and those dedicated men and women who are trying to protect us, despite our government leadership. As for Leslie, she was out classed big time!!; Reply to this comment


by P1arrot April 29, 2012 7:53 PM EDT: Leslie, if we did not have the CIA to do what they do, you and I would not be here. If we continue to cow tow to the media or people who complain about the rights of killers of the human race we will not be a race much longer. I think we need an oversight an welcome it but, the media and the general population should not be able to know what they do to protect us all. We have people in place to protect these rights. Otherwise you are jepodizing all our lives. I think he gave us to much information than the general population needs to know. If you don't then we don't need anything kept secret. You are causing us all to be vulnible to attack. God helps us all.; Reply to this comment


by JDK-MSP April 29, 2012 7:26 PM EDT: Hey Leslie, who cares! I laud the CIA and their techniques. Did you or any of your 60-minute peers ever do anything to stop a terrorist? I like your show, but sometimes you go too far and I do not support, nor endorse your line of rhetorical questioning.; Reply to this comment

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