https://redstate.com/erick/2011/05/04/cia-chief-waterboarding-aided-bin-laden-raid-today-news-todaycom/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 12:02:44 -0400<![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t read this piece by Dan McLaughlin, consider it your must read of the day.For the past 48 hours, lefties have been falling all over themselves and contorting themselves in knots to downplay enhanced interrogations and the role waterboarding might have played in getting Bin Laden.One of the most humorous contortions came from Spencer Ackerman, a lefty hack who has taken one of my favorite blogs and destroyed it with mindless nonsense and leftwing talking points that grossly distort and distract from the awesomeness that had been Wired&#8217;s Danger Room blog.To Ackerman, waterboarding had nothing to do with getting Bin Laden. Never mind that his post conflicts with his premise — it is standard leftist trope that waterboarding can never, ever get anything useful and should never be done because it is torture.Last night, on the NBC Nightly News, CIA Chief Leon Panetta blew more holes in the anti-waterboarding arguments and denials than were put in Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s head.]]>Wed, 04 May 2011 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/05/04/cia-chief-waterboarding-aided-bin-laden-raid-today-news-todaycom-n38882