a chorus of Bush administration officials claimed vindication for their policy of “enhanced interrogation techniques” like waterboarding.
See: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/266271/bin-laden-no-more-nro-symposium?page=6
John Yoo
The majority of the credit for the operation that killed Osama bin Laden goes to the Obama administration. But it is also a vindication of the Bush administration’s terrorism policies and shows that success comes from continuing those policies, not rejecting them (as Obama has tried to do for the last two years). According to anonymous government sources quoted in the press today, it was the interrogation of al-Qaeda leaders that led to the identification of the courier, who led us to bin Laden’s hiding place. Reports suggest that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed himself may have given up the identity of the courier.
Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate on Value of Torture - NYTimes.com
