Cheney Wrong on Interrogations

Former President Cheney recently released CIA documents on the effectiveness of their interrogation methods. Cheney claims that because of these interrogation techniques, we have not been directly attacked in the last 8 years. In these documents there are reports of the capture and interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian al Quaeda logistician, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al Quaeda's Operational Commander. The CIA interrogated Zubaydah and was able to locate the mastermind of 9/11, Mohammed. Mohammed was then brought in for further investigation. The extent to their methods led to the prisoners being stripped naked, deprived of sleep, subjected to loud noises and temperature changes. He was then also water boarded 83 times. All that the CIA discovered was that there was an incompetent terrorist living in the US who's plans of wreaking havoc were beyond sub par. The threat of terrorism was not found and much time and resources were wasted. The CIA went too far with their interrogations and did not achieve anything relevant.

I find that stories like these prove that the government becomes vindictive and power hungry at the first sign of threat. If we cannot stop these inhuman acts, then we cannot call ourselves the land of the free and the home of the brave. There is nothing free about water boarding a potential lead 83 times, and nothing involving bravery will ever be found in Cheney's interrogation techniques.