One of the most consistently tiresome arguments from the right is the idea that enhanced interrogation techniques torture is effective in preventing terrorism attacks. An effective counterclaim against this argument is made by this book: How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq
The author was a lead interrogator of alleged insurgents in Iraq and was instrumental in obtaining the intelligence through confidence buidling and establishing rapport that led to the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Here is an interview with him on The Daily Show:
Human Rights First has also put together a video of interviews with experienced interrogators as to precisely why torture doesn't work and why television portrayals of torture are pure fiction. Part one of the video is here:
As one of the interrogators so eloquently put it, using torture is like "pulling a thread out of the flag." Those who commit such acts are criminals; their enablers may also be criminals and those who believe it is effective, as the videos show, are either ignorant, deluded and/or hypocrites.
so we need to stop the fighting bring our soldiers back
Posted by: sistersue | January 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM