Rep. Peter King is a Shameless Immoral Liar

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Rep. Peter King is a Shameless Immoral Liar
"It's important that people know that Peter King went on television and told a bald-faced lie in the service of vindicating the use of torture."
by BooMan
Mon May 2nd, 2011 at 11:16:49 PM EST

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. That makes him a fairly high-ranking member of the nation's national security team. Not too high, obviously, but he gets briefed on things that other members of Congress do not. The White House didn't notify him in advance about the mission to capture or kill bin-Laden, but they did give him a courtesy call about an hour to ninety minutes before they announced the success of the mission. He appeared tonight on the The O'Reilly Factor. Bill O'Reilly assumed that Rep. King must have some behind the scenes information to share. He asked King to tell him and his audience something they didn't know, something that was not available in the press reports. Rep. King replied by telling O'Reilly that the information that led to bin-Laden's demise was obtained by waterboarding, The way in which this information was conveyed made it seem like King had obtained this news through his privileged position in Congress. And, of course, it was immediately accepted as the Gospel Truth by right-wingers. The problem is that it isn't true.

..........It's right here in this ABC News piece, and it's completely explicit.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13512344


The revelation that intelligence gleaned from the CIA's so-called black sites helped kill bin Laden was seen as vindication for many intelligence officials who have been repeatedly investigated and criticized for their involvement in a program that involved the harshest interrogation methods in U.S. history.

"We got beat up for it, but those efforts led to this great day," said Marty Martin, a retired CIA officer who for years led the hunt for bin Laden.

Mohammed did not reveal the names while being subjected to the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, former officials said. He identified them many months later under standard interrogation, they said, leaving it once again up for debate as to whether the harsh technique was a valuable tool or an unnecessarily violent tactic.

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more:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/5/2/231649/5011