America's prison camp at Guantánamo Bay holds detainees in extreme conditions. But David Rose, in this extract from his remarkable new book, says the intelligence gathered has failed to stop any terror attacks.
...[Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Christino, a military intelligence officer of 20 years' experience] said he did not believe that Guantánamo, despite its vaunted claims, had helped to prevent a single terrorist attack. 'Most of the information derived from interrogations at Guantánamo appears to be very general in nature; so general that it is not very useful,' he said.
...Christino's conclusions were backed by three other intelligence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. One, an FBI man for 30 years, works on tracking terrorist finance - a field in which Rumsfeld has claimed Gitmo has been especially productive. 'I'm unaware of any important information in my field that's come from Gitmo,' he said. 'It's clearly not a significant source.'
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...[Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Christino, a military intelligence officer of 20 years' experience] said he did not believe that Guantánamo, despite its vaunted claims, had helped to prevent a single terrorist attack. 'Most of the information derived from interrogations at Guantánamo appears to be very general in nature; so general that it is not very useful,' he said.
...Christino's conclusions were backed by three other intelligence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. One, an FBI man for 30 years, works on tracking terrorist finance - a field in which Rumsfeld has claimed Gitmo has been especially productive. 'I'm unaware of any important information in my field that's come from Gitmo,' he said. 'It's clearly not a significant source.'
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