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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
“The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means,” Admiral Blair said in a written statement issued last night. “The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security."
And the "anything for security" folks out there, what would Ben Franklin say?
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Screw our image. If I lose my job should I take out loans from loan sharks just to keep up my image of driving a new car every year and having expensive clothes, etc, etc?
While we are at it, why not ask WWJD? Did Ben have to deal with such an issue in his time? When Ol Ben has airplanes crashing into his skyscrapers, I'll be interested to hear what he has to say.