They also said the large number of memory sticks seized at the jungle camp and the fact that not a single two-way radio or mobile phone was found suggests the rebels relay information through couriers rather than risk having their electronic communication tapped or traced.
divided responsibilities for oversight of staffing, physical plant resources, supplies, the laboratory information system, courier services, and finance; for daily briefings of laboratory staff, medical staff, infection control, and System leadership; and for DOH notification.
Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said flatly that waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had dislodged information on the courier.
Mr. Brandt then sent an e-mail message to the company, asking for information about its courier services.
While the third detainee did provide useful information about the courier, he did so before he was subjected to the tough C.I.A. methods, the senators said.
"The CIA detainee who provided the most significant information about the courier provided the information prior to being subjected to coercive interrogation techniques," Feinstein said in the statement, which was signed by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
Apparently, the breakthrough started several years back from detainee interrogations; it's not clear yet how or by what means the information about the courier who led to the Abbottabad compound was extracted.
Feinstein and Levin noted that a third detainee in C.I.A. custody did provide information on the courier, but, importantly, they stressed that "he did so the day before he was interrogated by the C.I.A. using their coercive interrogation techniques".
· The CIA detainee who provided the most significant information about the courier provided the information prior to being subjected to coercive interrogation techniques.
