Torture May Have Slowed Hunt For Bin Laden, Not Hastened It

"It now appears likely that several detainees had information about a key al Qaeda courier -- information that might have led authorities directly to bin Laden years ago. But subjected to physical and psychological brutality, 'they gave us the bare minimum amount of information they could get away with to get the pain to stop, or to mislead us,' [Air Force interrogator who goes by the pseudonym Matthew] Alexander told The Huffington Post."