Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: Doc Savage Fan
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: Doc Savage Fan
Originally posted by: xj0hnx
Originally posted by: BarrySotero
Detainees went through water-boarding to get information that saved lives (LA) and not merely to cause harm.
This information was supposedly given up by KSM after being waterboarded after his capture in 2003, the attack was foiled in 2002.
Was it KSM? I thought the odds on favorite was Zubaydah. Dealmonkey...you got the facts? Let's see what you got.
What they are referring to is the planned attack on the Library Tower in LA.
This article has the details.
Specifically to quote it:
A case in point, the U.S. counter-terrorism authorities said, is the alleged plot that included the Library Tower. The White House said Thursday that U.S. authorities disrupted the so-called "West Coast Airliner Plot" in mid-2002, stopping terrorists from attacking "targets on the West Coast of the United States using hijacked airplanes. The plotters included at least one major operational planner involved in planning the events of 9/11."
Authorities disrupted the LA plot in mid 2002. KSM was captured in March of 2003. Unless he phoned them ahead of time (which would have been quite nice of him), it is logically impossible for KSM's capture to have prevented that attack.
I fully understood what he was talking about. Maybe you don't understand what I'm talking about as you apparently don't understand the relevance of the question I asked.
I am unaware of any source whatsoever that has claimed Abu Zubaydah provided the information to foil the Library Tower attack. In fact, now that I more fully check into it George Bush himself claimed on February 9th that they had foiled the Library Tower plot, almost 2 full months before they captured Abu Zubaydah as well.
If you were asking if a different person who was captured after the plot was foiled gave information to foil the plot, then my answer would also be that it is quite unlikely unless he phoned them ahead of time. (it would still have been quite nice)