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Post #155,407
by inthane-chan
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5/16/04 7:01:33 PM
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New The problem with torture...
...is that the victim is most likely to tell the interrogator what the victim thinks the interrogator wants to hear.

What the interrogator wants to hear isn't always the truth.
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Post #155,629
by Nightowl
5/17/04 10:30:04 PM
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New This is the truth and it's worst failing.
When under torture, the only thing the person can imagine is making it stop, so they say anything, do anything to make it stop. That's why psychological mind games work much better than anything physical, although they can fall into the same trap of the person saying anything to stop the mind games.

This is one of torture's worst failures, and why it is rarely used when truly seeking the truth, because you rarely get that by it's use.

Nightowl >8#


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     Torture at Abu Ghraib Followed CIA's Manual - (JayMehaffey) - (13) - May 14, 2004, 10:42:26 PM EDT
         The Neuropsychiatric-LRPD explains, entirely - - (Ashton) - (1) - May 16, 2004, 05:50:30 PM EDT
             I'm an Ashton-quote! :-D \\o/ -NT - (pwhysall) - May 17, 2004, 02:06:55 AM EDT
         From billmon's blog today - (rcareaga) - May 16, 2004, 06:10:28 PM EDT
         When to torture? - (tablizer) - (8) - May 16, 2004, 06:56:04 PM EDT
             The problem with torture... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - May 16, 2004, 07:01:33 PM EDT
                 This is the truth and it's worst failing. - (Nightowl) - May 17, 2004, 10:30:04 PM EDT
             There is a real dichotomy re this issue - (dmarker) - (2) - May 16, 2004, 07:09:24 PM EDT
                 CIA's policy - (deSitter) - (1) - May 16, 2004, 10:29:40 PM EDT
                     Re: CIA's policy - (JayMehaffey) - May 16, 2004, 11:47:44 PM EDT
             Re: When to torture? - (rcareaga) - (1) - May 16, 2004, 07:27:40 PM EDT
                 any time torture is used the full consequences of the law - (boxley) - May 16, 2004, 07:39:34 PM EDT
             Better to say never - (JayMehaffey) - May 16, 2004, 11:55:04 PM EDT
         a couple of notes on a few "standard" techniques - (boxley) - May 16, 2004, 07:14:45 PM EDT

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