No, we Americans don't torture
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novapsycheReport: C.I.A. has secret rules for al-Qaida
The interrogation tactics are intended to simulate torture, but officials told the New York Times that they are supposed to stop short of serious injury. Such authorized measures include hooding, roughing up, soaking with water, and depriving prisoners of food, light, and medications.
In one case, an alleged planner of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, was strapped down, pushed under water, and made to believe he would drown — a technique known as "water boarding," the paper said.
Counterterrorism officials reportedly said that the methods used by the C.I.A. are so harsh that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned its agents not to participate in the interrogations of high level detainees — the techniques employed by the C.I.A. would be prohibited in criminal cases, and could compromise F.B.I. agents in future cases.
The interrogation tactics are intended to simulate torture, but officials told the New York Times that they are supposed to stop short of serious injury. Such authorized measures include hooding, roughing up, soaking with water, and depriving prisoners of food, light, and medications.
In one case, an alleged planner of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, was strapped down, pushed under water, and made to believe he would drown — a technique known as "water boarding," the paper said.
Counterterrorism officials reportedly said that the methods used by the C.I.A. are so harsh that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned its agents not to participate in the interrogations of high level detainees — the techniques employed by the C.I.A. would be prohibited in criminal cases, and could compromise F.B.I. agents in future cases.
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Date: 2004-05-13 08:34 pm (UTC)