-----Original Message----- From: Mina Kumar <wejazzjune at hotmail.com>
>Sigh. Christopher Hitchens has an excellent article on the salient point
>that torture means the suspect will tell you whatever you want to hear,
>rather than giving you true/useful information, and that the truth serum is
>about as helpful as a lie detector.
That's not a bug, it's a feature.
"So, Mr. Ahmed, are you ready to sign the statement about how Noam Chomsky arranged for you to get anthrax from Iraq?"
lp