Ali Soufan in the NYT

Must read piece by one of the FBI's finest young agents who was involved in the early interrogations of Abu Zubaydah in late summer 2002. He's come forward for the first time to reveal that he, working with another FBI agent were able to gain valuable, actionable intelligence (including intelligence later claimed to have been gained via waterboarding) using traditional interrogation techniques. It's yet one more example of why the torture regime authorized the last administration is not only illegal and immoral, but also ineffective.