McCain: Bin Laden information not obtained through torture
[JURIST] US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) [official website] said Thursday that information which led to the death of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary; JURIST news archive] was not obtained through torture. Speaking on the floor of the US Senate [official website], McCain said that the name of Bin Laden’s courier was not obtained from accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], contradicting reports from several current and former US officials: In an op-ed…