Four years later the CIA director who presided over the end of the torture program insisted: "The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer".
Gen. Michael V. Hayden, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency under Mr. Bush, said on Fox News Sunday last weekend that "the use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer.
We must ensure that the mistakes behind the use of these techniques are never repeated.
By carefully timing use of these techniques to the leafhoppers' life cycle, Mr. Figiel hopes the pests can be controlled effectively and economically without using chemical sprays.
(It's worth noting that when reading between the lines of the newly released memos, it seems clear that it was contractors, not C.I.A. officers, who requested the use of these techniques).
The short sightedness behind the use of these techniques ignored the unreliability of the methods, the nature of the threat, the mentality and modus operandi of the terrorists, and due process.
"Every operating room and training program should insist on the use of these techniques," said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, who was not involved with the new study.
Several brands took advantage of the platform to release collections that made rich use of these techniques, most notably enameling, marquetry and miniature painting.
The use of these techniques may differ based on the system characteristics.
