Rumsfeld uncertain whether Bush policies helped find bin Laden

 http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/159103-rumsfeld-uncertain-whether-bush-interrogation-techniques-helped-find-bin-laden

 
                    
Rumsfeld uncertain whether Bush policies helped find bin Laden
                
                
                                                                By Alexander Bolton                                                                             -                                                                                   05/03/11 07:19 PM ET                                                        
                                                                                    
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesdaythat he can’t conclude harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboardinghelped find Osama bin Laden.
“I have no idea, you’d have to ask the experts,” Rumsfeldtold The Hill when asked whether interrogation policies implemented by formerPresident George W. Bush were instrumental to locating bin Laden.
But he said the Bush administration deserves praise forstrengthening military special operations that killed the al Qaeda leader in anighttime raid.
        
            
                
                    
                                            
            

                    
                
            
        
    “There’s no question that these things take time and theBush presidency and his administration put in place some structures that putpressure on terrorists and the intelligence gets accumulated over time,”Rumsfeld said during an afternoon visit to Capitol Hill.
Rumsfeld rejoiced that intelligence officials finallytracked down the man responsible for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,describing it as a victory not just for the U.S. but the entire globalcommunity.
“It’s a good thing for the world,” he said.
Rumsfeld served as secretary of defense under Bush inDecember of 2001 when American forces narrowly missed capturing bin Laden atthe battle of Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan.
Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of defense until 2006,noted he put emphasis on expanding the powers of special operations teams, suchas the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, which carried out the covert mission.  
“We put a great deal of effort into strengthening thespecial operators, their equipment, their numbers and their authorities,” hesaid. 
Rumsfeld isn’t ready, however, to make any sweepinghistorical pronouncements about which president most deserves praise.
“But who knows about credit?” he said. 


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