about it, but i think, first of all, water boarding was a interrogation that were used and i think that most people saw those, and they wouldn t think there s a torture. water boarding was only used on three al-qaeda leaders, and khalid shaikh mohammed being the primary one. we went back and looked at this, this was a very difficult call for us when we were back at the justice department. one thing we looked to was the fact that our own troops, about thousands and thousands of our officers and soldiers undergo water-boarding as part of their training. and we went and looked and we saw that very few number, maybe in the single digits, ever complained afterwards and said it caused them to suffer any kind of severe or mental harm. but our view was were not torturing our own soldiers in their training and while it might be an extreme measure for very unusual circumstances, that it wouldn t violate and torture when we were trying to get information about al-qaeda, which we thought was abou
them a modicum of control. so, in my opinion, the enhanced techniques are important and we have to remember, water-boarding was used on three individuals and it was over by 2003. and so this is not something that s done every day, not a regular, there s the water-boarding room over there at gitmo and we re using it, you know, the next seven days in a room. i ve got to book that room because it s always busy, no, this is one of our own reporters, one of the best news reporters in the business who subjected himself to being water-boarded and he said it was just like being on my show and that s what he said. i hope you guys don t feel the same thing. i can t speak to steve, but it s by no means is it, is it pleasant. none of this was meant to be pleasant. when you talk about the three individuals who were subjected to water-boarding. and again, ksm, khalid shaikh
and now you start to think, as libya, another high value. and maybe you have something of importance. and when it was thrown out at ksm it wasn t that the courier was that important. 2003, that s when we re working around this alias name. and it wasn t until 2007 that we were able to get the real name of the individual and then it took two more years, 2009, until we had a general region where we felt that this existed. the keys this were putting together this is an eight year process, it wasn t eight days. the it wasn t a week or so ago, somebody in the cia said, hey, i think i found bin laden s compound. it took all of that time. in 2009 a general regional location. it wasn t until august of 2010 when we finally identified the compound and so, the amount of work, the investigative, intelligence processes, the sources around the world and
their plan was to, right on top of the building there with an expectation that bin laden would be at the highest point. once they re on the ground they re talking to each other, and know what s going on and reporting to each other to make sure everybody has a good situational awareness and then going room to room. let me say this, i think these seals showed a great deal of restraint as they went into this place. they re in a country that could have been very hostile to them. and they re up against al-qaeda, with the, you know, the man that has killed more americans than anybody. and i think they showed a lot of restrained to have gone in and apprehended certain members of the al-qaeda network there, that they didn t see as a threat. they flexed, put plastic handcuffs on him and didn t hurt them and then they went through and ultimately found their target. so, i think that it s a, once they get on the ground, it is a fast moving operation, with