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March 10, 2008
Make that an Iced Quad Venti Sugar-Free Vanilla Nonfat w/ Whip Caramel Macchiato
Writing for the New York Times, Scott Shane considers contemporary interrogation methods. Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution argues Army Field Manual 2-22.3 (“Human Intelligence Collector Operations”) does not reflect decades of corporate research into influencing consumer choice and Col. Steven Kleinman argues for a new agency or sub-agency with a specific focus on interrogation.
Steven M. Kleinman, a colonel in the Air Force reserve and a veteran interrogator in Iraq and elsewhere, says the government spends billions on spy satellites but almost nothing on studying interrogation. This is true, he said, despite a broad consensus that interrogation might be the best source of information on an elusive, low-tech, stateless foe like Al Qaeda.
“We need to bring scientific standards for interrogation to the same level of sophistication that we bring to satellite imagery and intercepting communications,” said Mr. Kleinman, who has studied the American interrogation programs used for high-level German and Japanese prisoners during World War II, which he judges superior to those developed since 2001.
“We need to bring scientific standards for interrogation to the same level of sophistication that we bring to satellite imagery and intercepting communications,” said Mr. Kleinman, who has studied the American interrogation programs used for high-level German and Japanese prisoners during World War II, which he judges superior to those developed since 2001.
I gather Starbucks is a better motivator than water-boarding... time for a new Army manual.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 10, 2008 07:33 AM
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