>That'd probably work better if you'd had the right prisoners.
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>I'd be prepared to bet that Guantanamo inmates had little to nothing to do with finding him.
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According to ABC (not a conservative agency) the intel may have started at Gitmo:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13512344


The revelation that intelligence gleaned from the CIA's so-called black sites helped kill bin Laden was seen as vindication for many intelligence officials who have been repeatedly investigated and criticized for their involvement in a program that involved the harshest interrogation methods in U.S. history.

"We got beat up for it, but those efforts led to this great day," said Marty Martin, a retired CIA officer who for years led the hunt for bin Laden.

Mohammed did not reveal the names while being subjected to the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, former officials said. He identified them many months later under standard interrogation, they said, leaving it once again up for debate as to whether the harsh technique was a valuable tool or an unnecessarily violent tactic.


Even though they say the intel came later, it was still gleaned at Gitmo.