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To: combjelly who wrote (481529)	5/17/2009 3:02:22 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1575184

You leave out the part where he said he couldn't vouch for the veracity of those records He said nothing of the sort. His exact quotes were as follow: "Our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing 'the enhanced techniques that had been employed.' Ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened," he wrote. He didn't say he "couldn't vouch for the veracity" of the records. In fact, what he said is 180 degrees opposite: "Our contemporaneous records ..." When the term "contemporaneous" is used, implicit in that word is that it was documentation from the time of the briefing, which is the best available evidence. Now, he is right, of course, that ultimately, it is the Congress and not the CIA which will draw the conclusions. That's just a statement of fact. But this remark IN NO WAY questions the veracity of the "contemporaneous" record, which has to be deemed correct in the absence of something more compelling.

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