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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Of what benefit is it to hide the existence of interrogation prisons other than to avoid international scrutiny? This isn't covert ops, which are, understandably, covert. Once you've caught them and are interrogating them all but the information gleaned can be public without serious threat to intelligence gathering efforts.
But maybe what you're saying is that torture is justified in these circumstances.
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the article points to one reason- the location could make a friendly nation an increased terror target.
the CIA's job is to gather information. the very way that is done is always slimy. Acts like prohibiting the use of criminals as informants, building walls, all the "reforms" were well-reasoned. They made "sense" within our rosy view of what America is. They also fucked up our ability to gather information.
What the CIA does should disgust and frighten you, and you shouldn't know about it.
