The new interrogation and prisoner treatment methods at Abu Ghraib are looking like they probably should have last year...but it took criminal conduct, major embarrasment of he military and pointing out the idiocy of the 1600 Crew to begin a more "professional" approach to gathering intelligence, if there is any to be gathered.
Now, military and civilian interrogators who have long relied on the element of surprise and fear of the unknown find themselves having to explain their methods.
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Interrogations at Abu Ghraib are conducted in a row of plywood booths, each furnished a little differently. One booth was outfitted with two plush velvet chairs resembling thrones and a red, flowered carpet.
Well as long as they stick to behaving as professionals, and pay attention to small details, like hmmmm...the "rule of law", I guess that it might not be a problem. I was half-expecting to see that the other tools used were a comfy chair (yes, they have one) and a fanatical devotion to the Pope (I hope not). Because nobody expects the American Inquisition.
Apologies to the Pythons.
posted by Jo Fish on 08.26.04 at 08:54 PM
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I'm an army interrogator.
I've got strong feelings about what happened at Abu Ghraib (and on torture in general).
If you hit my LJ, I've got some of my entries listed in memories as "Interrogation"
If Democrats want to severely damage Bush they should buy and put up billboards saying things like, "VOTE BUSH IN 2004 IF YOU WANT TO BE DRAFTED OR IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE DRAFTED."
Then show the quote from the Deputy Director of the SSS where he proposes raising the draft age to 34....
