Washington Post - I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
Using a pseudonym, this US Military interrogator reveals that there is a viable, practicable and successful alternative to torturing suspected militants in order to get information from them. It involves negotiation, understanding, relating and is in the unclassified sections of the US Army Field Manual. This methodology takes effort to understand the motivations of the Sunni militants and revealed the weakness in Al-Qaeda's hold over Sunni tribesmen. It also was able to locate the Al-Zarqawi. The point isn't just that this alternative to torture is effective and has proven results, but also that the methods are consistent with the best of our American ideals. Probably half of the American deaths in Iraq that took place were because of the torture or perceived degradation that the US perpetrated in places like Abu-Ghraib. When the author asked the Defense Department to review his book manuscript to make sure it did not contain any classified materials, they delayed and delayed, then finally dedacted much of the non-classified materials as well, leading him to file suit.
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