# Did waterboarding help kill Bin Laden?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 2, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-waterboarding-help-kill-bin-laden/580487 "2011-05-02T16:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-waterboarding-help-kill-bin-laden/580487/41 "2011-05-02T20:26:23Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> And while it is true that Khalid Shaikh Mohamed was tortured, there is no reason to believe that he gave up good information during that process, as opposed to giving good information when the torture was suspended and more effective techniques were emplolyed. The news article is little more than an exercise in _post hoc, ergo propter hoc_ speculation.

Based on the info we have, there is also no reason to believe that he did **not** give up good information during that process.

Also, all of the talk in this thread about “torture” is completely off topic. This thread is about the enhanced interrogation techniques used against KSM, not “torture.”

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