Change to Make You Believe
...or fill yer pants
The Obama administration is considering overhauling the way terror suspects are interrogated by creating a small team of professionals drawn from across the government,...
...comprising members of spy services and law-enforcement agencies, would be used for so-called high-value detainees, ...it wouldn’t be run by the Central Intelligence Agency, though who might be in charge isn’t specified.
...One of the team’s tasks would likely be to devise a new set of interrogation methods, according to one person familiar with the proposal. Those techniques could be drawn from sources ranging from scientific studies to the psychology behind television ads.
...In addition, the team would be asked to devise noncoercive procedures that may differ from the 19 permitted in the Army Field Manual, which include providing rewards for information and playing on a detainee’s anxiety or other emotions. That document has emerged as a favored standard among many lawmakers and some human-rights groups.
Not enuff fer ya?
It isn’t clear whether Congress would have any special oversight role beyond its regular duties.
“... which include providing rewards for information and playing on a detainee’s anxiety or other emotions.”
Since I just finished reading the Bowlingual post, it seems reasonable to offer doggy-biscuits for good answers.
As for “ playing on a detainee’s anxiety”, having the “bad cop” partner standing by with a bullwhip would surely fall within the guidelines.
Posted by ZZMike on 07/22/09 at 09:20 AM
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