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Dana Milbank rages against Tom CottonIn the first few years after 9/11 it seemed very likely that al Qaeda would attack the U.S. homeland again and almost certain it was plotting to do so. Indeed, at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday (about which more below), one Senator recalled credible reports that al Qaeda was planning to attack the U.S. with a dirty (nuclear) bomb.Our government needed to know what al Qaeda was plotting. Finding out required interrogating captured terrorists.Captured terrorists were not inclined to provide truthful information to their captors. Thus, usual interrogation techniques sometimes did not produce good intelligence. Read more at: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/05/dana-milbank-rages-against-tom-cotton.php