There Goes the Argument

Big, big story on ABC News tonight. Pretty much blows the CIA argument about the destroyed tapes out of the water.

CIA Interrogator Tells ABC He Supervised ‘Necessary’ Torture of Abu Zubaydah

Paging Michael Mukasey. The leader of the CIA interrogation team that handled Abu Zubaydah, head of al-Qaeda’s military committee, says he had Abu Zubaydah waterboarded — which was torture, and, he says, necessary to prevent “maybe dozens of attacks.” ABC has the bombshell interview: [...]

Countdown: CIA Agent Involved In Torture Tapes Now Says Waterboarding Is Torture

The #5 story on Monday’s Countdown delivered a bombshell – John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent who actually led the team of agents who appeared on the destroyed torture tapes has come forward in an interview with ABC to confirm the tapes DID show waterboarding and that while [...]

Wow.  Just wow.  That’s a huge interview.