susan in warrenville:

Note that this article doesn't say that the CIA used info obtained by raping prisioners with broken bottles. It just says that behavior occurred in the same country where the CIA obtained the info. "News" is only as good as the integrity of the journalist -- in this case, not very.

Uh, well, it does say this:

Craig Murray, the rector of the University of Dundee in Scotland and until 2004 the UK's ambassador to Uzbekistan, said the CIA not only relied on confessions gleaned through extreme torture, it sent terror war suspects to Uzbekistan as part of its extraordinary rendition program.

"I'm talking of people being raped with broken bottles," he said at a lecture late last month that was re-broadcast by the Real News Network. "I'm talking of people having their children tortured in front of them until they sign a confession. I'm talking of people being boiled alive. And the intelligence from these torture sessions was being received by the CIA, and was being passed on."

I guess it's not the integrity of the journalists at issue, but your facility with the english language. How embarrassing to be outed as both an apologist for torturing scum, and an illiterate! And before you pick another nit to wit: receiving does not mean using-- I'm sure that's right. Because there is no purpose to using statements obtained to prevent one's children from being tortured, as it is likely to be fabricated to stop the torture. Which means we just did these things to destroy our national soul for no goddamn good reason at all.