- Malcolm Nance, former SERE instructor. Nance explains how SERE was retrofitted for interrogation when its original use was to teach service personnel to resist torture, which is used by foreign forces to coerce false confessions, not useful information.
- Ali Soufan, former FBI interrogator. Soufan explains his successes using the "Informed Interrogation Technique" that had
been the standard before the retrofitting of SERE produced "enhanced"
techniques, as well as the FBI vs CIA inter-agency fight over techniques and the interference in his work by CIA contractors -- yes, you read that right: people with a financial interest in pushing "enhanced" techniques!
- "Matthew Alexander," former USAF interrogator in Iraq. Alexander explains his success in Iraq using the Informed technique.
- George Frenkel and Henry Kolm, former US military interrogators in World War II. Frenkel and Kolm explain their successes using the Informed technique on Nazi prisoners.
- Philippe Sands, international law expert and author of Torture Team. Sands follows the paper trail right to the top.
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I just came across this from the Dispatches from the Culture Wars blog at Scienceblogs:
http://velvetrevolution.us/torture_lawyers/
Posted by: Chris | July 02, 2009 at 09:48 AM