Did harsh interrogation tactics lead the U.S. to bin Laden?

The Washington Post On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced that U.S. forces had killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan. 


The killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 was hailed by current and former CIA officials as the crowning justification for the use of harsh interrogation tactics. High-value detainees, when subjected to those methods, provided intelligence that the officials said helped lead the spy agency to a mysterious courier and, ultimately, to the terrorist leader himself. 

The Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday upends that version of history, providing an alternate case study that revives questions about the agency’s account. The report asserts that the role of harsh interrogation techniques was greatly exaggerated.

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