On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:40 PM, David P. Henderson wrote:

>
> On 21 Apr 2009, at 20:57, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>
>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Roger Howard wrote:
>>
>>> But the reality is that interrogation has its place; the question is
>>> about the extent to which it can be useful.
>>
>> I think the question has been answered and the answer is that it is
>> never useful.
>
>
> Bull, you are both talking about interrogation and torture as if they
> are one and the same. They are not. Interrogation is necessary and
> does produce positive results. Torture on the other hand has been
> scientifically demonstrated to be unreliable. The US Military has
> very specific interrogation techniques that take time but produce
> generally reliable results and they do not as a rule rely on
> stressing the subject but involve introducing positive feedback from
> the subject by finding points of commonality from which to build
> empathy. I'm sure there a better more detailed explanations than mine.

I agree completely. It's just that when Roger said "interrogation" it  
was clear from context that he meant 'enhanced interrogation', the new  
euphemism for torture.

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God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much  
like  their own image of him.
-Kenneth Patchen

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