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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Vern Green wrote:
> While I tend to agree with you Mike, you also have to understand that
> whoever is performing the torture rarely are working without some form
> of intelligence already. Usually they will know enough to make the
> victim think that they know everything they know already and are just
> looking for confirmation or any added tidbits of information their
> intelligence does not have.
The people being tortured will try to walk the line between telling the
truth (which is very undesirable to them) and telling obvious lies that
will get them even more torture. So they'll mix enough facts into the
lies to get the torture to stop for a while.
The more I think about it, the more absurd I find the idea of using
torture to extract information that is needed immediately to avert an
impending attack. It should be too easy to lie enough to get through a
day or so.
What would be wrong with having a friendly, young Arabic-speaking man come
meet with the terrorist suspect? They could get to know one another a
bit, share pictures of their kids, etc. The reality is that those kinds
of interrogations can really work. It isn't as much fun for the sadists,
but it can definitely get you some information.
Mike
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