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    Commodore111 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Yes how high and mighty U morons are w/your illegal interrogation rhetoric. As usual U morons don't offer a better alternative for extracting information from those deemed enemies of the U.S. Please just stay up there on your high horses. You're obviously lacking the intelligence to understand the necessity of it. U all whined after 9/11 asking why our intel didn't know then when Bush took action what do U do? U turn. It's because of him were safe and had no other attacks. When another attack occurs I'm sure U whiners will just whine some more. What else R U good at?

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      Tangent00111 months, 2 weeks ago

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      The best German interrogator from WWII, Hanns-Joachim Schraff, used kindness and respect and got far better results than any of his peers (so much so, he was known as 'The Master'). Intel derived from torture is notoriously unreliable.

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        Tangent00111 months, 2 weeks ago

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        "Schraff correctly realized that only a bare fraction of captured enemies would have information of immediate tactical use. And it is highly unlikely that one could extract that information in time to use it. So torturing an enemy to get the “whole story” would be a waste of time. Additionally it would run the risk of getting false information from the prisoner.

        Instead, he did everything in his power to help the captives feel relaxed and safe. He would have long talks with the captives and discuss philosophy or some other seemingly safe topic for a prisoner to discuss. All the while, he was collecting bits and pieces of information that he would assemble and use to support the German war effort. Their best interrogator, and he never had to raise his voice.

        As a result, after the war Schraff wasn’t tried for war crimes. Instead he was invited to the US to speak to the military about his interrogation techniques. These techniques have come to be used by trained interrogators worldwide."

        http://kevinrobinson.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/on-t...

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        djn3nunez311 months, 2 weeks ago

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        It's because of him were safe and had no other attacks

        Whatever happened to "not if but when"?

        I'll bet you're hoping for another attack so you can blame it all on the Democrats and the next President.

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