Former MI5 Head: 'Waterboarding Worked'

'Waterboarding Worked' Says Former MI5 Head -- The Telegraph

The former head of MI5 has said life saving information has been gained from waterboarding but criticised former senior American officials for making “exaggerated” claims.

Eliza Manningham-Buller admitted for the first time that the controversial technique had provided intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks.

But she criticised “high-up” former American officials who have claimed that British lives were saved, saying such claims were “exaggerated.”

“It’s not the case that torture always produces false information and actually it’s clear that torture can contribute to saving lives, but I don’t think that’s the point,” she said at the recording of her second BBC Reith lecture in Leeds. “The point is that it is not something that is right, legal and moral to do.”

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My Comment: The former head of MI5 has at least one defender.