Pentagon Won't Hide Interrogation Tactics

[Judi Lynn]

Pentagon Won't Hide Interrogation Tactics
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

(06-13) 15:30 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Under pressure from Congress, the Pentagon has dropped plans to keep some interrogation techniques secret by putting them in a classified section of a military manual, defense officials said Tuesday.

The two senior officials, who requested anonymity because the interrogation manual has not yet been completed, said there will not be a classified section in the long-awaited Army Field Manual. One of the officials said descriptions of interrogation techniques initially planned for the classified section are either being made public or are being eliminated as tactics that can be used against prisoners.

The decision comes despite arguments from military leaders that making all of the interrogation techniques public would make it easier for enemy prisoners to resist questioning.

Defense Department officials have been at odds over whether details of some interrogation procedures should remain secret and published in a classified section.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/13/national/w152259D01.DTL&type=politics

[Kutjara]

1. Coming to a police station near you!

What a victory for free information! The Pentagon has decided to give everyone the information they need to set up their own private torture-chambers. Wonderful!

[UpInArms]

2. no hiding = classifying and making it secret

:shrug:

Can someone tell me the difference?

Isn't this just a game of semantics?

[zreosumgame]

3. Oh boy! the Wink-Wink, Nod-Nod homoerotica

section will be pub-lick!

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. I wonder if this manual will make the Times best seller list?

How's this for a working title? How to Torture People Without Calling It Torture.

[EFerrari]

5. What's this, Operation Gullible Reader?

"If it's not in the book we don't use it." Right, because like your vote, if it's not written down it's not true. :eyes:

[Earth_First]

6. Business as usual.

The military will simply allow the CIA to conduct the questionable interrogation practices in their secret prisions in the half dozen European countries it already operates.

[Javaman]

7. The following tactics will be used for interogation...

1. a comfy chair

2. a fluffy pillow

3. harsh words

4. glaring looks

5. no dessert

6. TV cut to only 8 hours

7. no Playstation