"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Monday, January 18, 2010
Disentangling Fact from Fiction
Marc Thiessen has written a fascinating article on CIA interrogation techniques that shows there's a world of difference between the methods used by real-life interrogators and those used by Jack Bauer. Highly recommended.
"...And they knew it was important work, and I just have an enormous amount of respect for the people who are in this program. And I have such profound disrespect for those who ran for the tall grass when it started to become exposed, and even less regard for those who now seek to take political advantage of it.”
Just reason number one million and one why these naive ill-informed little brats have to be defeated. Eight years of this crew would just be a total disaster of monumental proportions. The national security and enegry policies of the first four years might just do us in, but eight!
The article also shows why it is a bad mistake to take terrorist from the battlefield straight to the civil courts, if you needed any more reasons that is.
"...And they knew it was important work, and I just have an enormous amount of respect for the people who are in this program. And I have such profound disrespect for those who ran for the tall grass when it started to become exposed, and even less regard for those who now seek to take political advantage of it.”
ReplyDeleteAmen.
You mean you CAN'T just shoot them in the thigh? That's it, I'm withdrawing my application!
ReplyDeleteJust reason number one million and one why these naive ill-informed little brats have to be defeated. Eight years of this crew would just be a total disaster of monumental proportions. The national security and enegry policies of the first four years might just do us in, but eight!
ReplyDeleteThe article also shows why it is a bad mistake to take terrorist from the battlefield straight to the civil courts, if you needed any more reasons that is.
Can't they get the information that they need using non-violent techniques, and then torture them afterwards, just for the hell of it?
ReplyDeleteBoB -- That comment was crude,insensitve, racist and I'll bring the beer cooler.
ReplyDeleteTorture is illegal; but attitude adjustment can be useful.
ReplyDeleteCheers
You mean that 24 is not a documentary. I'm disappointed.
ReplyDeleteIt was an excellent article. The writing was matter-of-fact and it needed no emotive verbiage to get its points across.
Thanks Paco.