In the days following the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden, there was a mad scramble to take credit for such a monumental event and to understand why, ten long years after September 11th, the US army was finally able to track down the author of these atrocities. Bin Laden’s death raised fundamental, yet horrifying questions: did brutal torture techniques such as waterboarding allow the U.S. army to obtain the intelligence that lead straight to Osama’s compound? Was George W. Bush’s decision to endorse "enhanced interrogation techniques" ultimately vindicated?

The capture of Bin Laden resuscitated the debate over torture and its ability to produce solid intelligence. To delve further into this debate, here is a sampling of articles published at the time of Bin Laden’s death that question the value of torture and its role in national security.

• "Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate on Value of Torture" at the New York Times
• "The Waterboarding Trail to Bin Landen", an article written by the former Attorney General under George W. Bush
• An op-ed by Senator John McCain in which he opposes the use of torture as a justifiable means of gathering intelligence.
• A letter from CIA chief Leon Panetta in which he disproves any claim that torture was the key to capturing Bin Laden.