However, a warning that torture should be avoided came from Robert Blitzer, a former head of the FBI's counter-terrorism section. He said that the practice "goes against every grain in my body. Chances are you are going to get the wrong person and risk damage or killing them."
Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter K." <peterk at enteract.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 11:47 PM Subject: Re: torture?
> >>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.
> >
>
> lp:
> >That's not a bug, it's a feature.
>
> Mina didn't say it's a bug.
>
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