Interrogation Tactics The CIA Is Seeking Authorization For Leaked To The Press
Details emerged yesterday about the seven interrogation techniques the CIA is seeking to be allowed to apply to terror suspects. Newsweek magazine reported that a New York lawyer, Scott Horton, who has acted as an adviser to the US senate on interrogation methods, had acquired a list of the techniques. The details were corroborated by information obtained by the charity Human Rights Watch.
The techniques sought by the CIA are: induced hypothermia; forcing suspects to stand for prolonged periods; sleep deprivation; a technique called “the attention grab” where a suspect’s shirt is forcefully seized; the “attention slap” or open hand slapping that hurts but does not lead to physical damage; the “belly slap”; and sound and light manipulation.
Sound and light manipulation are one thing, but belly slaps? Heaven help us. Such crude methods will make us just like the terrorists.
I think the big question is…will our nation’s integrity ever recover from the revelation of these tactics?
Ok, sarcasm aside, is there really anyone out there willing to suggest that these tactics go to far when we’re talking about gaining intelligence from a terror detainee that may thwart a terror plot and save hundreds, if not thousands, of lives?
