Did Waterboarding lead to the death of Osama?

Why is waterboarding considered torture and shooting an unarmed man in the face isn't?

So I'm supposed to change my opinion because some idiot named "Mancow" says waterboarding is torture? That's funny.

Army Reiterates That Waterboarding Is Torture Since Mukasey Won't
November 13, 2007

On Nov. 9, the Senate voted to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General, despite concerns about his consistent refusal to declare waterboarding torture.

The AP reports today that three days earlier, on Nov. 6, the Army issued a memo to "senior leaders" reiterating that the technique is prohibited by the Army. The memo was to be relayed to soldiers' families and employees in order to "eliminate any confusion that may have arisen as a result of recent public discourse on the subject":

The service issued a "strategic communication hot topic" alert to its senior leaders two days before the Senate confirmed Mukasey, asking them to make sure every soldier, family member and Army civilian employee understands the ban on waterboarding. Mukasey was sworn in Nov. 9.

"The U.S. Army strictly prohibits the use of waterboarding during intelligence investigations by any of its members. It is specifically prohibited by Field Manual 2-22.3 and is not a sanctioned interrogation technique in any training manual or any instructions to soldiers in the field," the statement says.

The Army Field Manual specifically prohibits "waterboarding" in intelligence interrogations, along with "mock executions," "using military working dogs," and "inducing hypothermia or heat injury." The CIA reportedly used waterboarding on three different prisoners before 2003. Several former administration officials have attempted to eliminate or condemn the use of waterboarding. Inspector General John Helgerson quit in protest of the administration's torture policies. Former acting assistant attorney general Daniel Levin was forced out by the Justice Department for his dissent on waterboarding.

Last week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) introduced legislation requiring "that interrogations comply with the standards set forth in the Army Field Manual, to all government agencies."

Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly site by its founder and college professors. Try again.

It is not accepted as a source by college professors and even the founder. Take it up with them.

Pass that joint around.

It is not accepted as a source by college professors and even the founder. Take it up with them.

You don't seem to understand sourcing, do you Renaldo?

Cut the crap. No one is confused around here except you and your pals. I know what I said and so do you.

Officials in the Obama administration and the Bush administration have stated that waterboarding led to info that led to the killing of Osama. Take it up with them.

You lose. That makes you a LOSER.

“The bottom line is this: If we had some kind of smoking-gun intelligence from waterboarding in 2003, we would have taken out Osama bin Laden in 2003,” said Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council. “It took years of collection and analysis from many different sources to develop the case that enabled us to identify this compound, and reach a judgment that Bin Laden was likely to be living there.”

The founder of wikileaks and college professors do not consider Wikipedia a scholarly source. That's the entirety of my point. Your little side murmurs and mumblings may help you feel better, but hardly contribute to the facts.