[1148] in peace2
Civil liberties: who needs 'em?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (adonovan@lcs.mit.edu)
Mon Oct 22 10:55:28 2001
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The Post has this:
Silence of 4 Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27748-2001Oct20.html
...
Said one experienced FBI agent involved in the investigation:
"We are known for humanitarian treatment, so basically we are
stuck. . . . Usually there is some incentive, some angle to
play, what you can do for them. But it could get to that spot
where we could go to pressure . . . where we won't have a choice,
and we are probably getting there."
Among the alternative strategies under discussion are using drugs
or pressure tactics, such as those employed occasionally by
Israeli interrogators, to extract information. Another idea
is extraditing the suspects to allied countries where security
services sometimes employ threats to family members or resort
to torture.
...
"If there is another major attack on U.S. soil, the American
public could let it happen," he said. "Drugs might taint a
prosecution, but it might be worth it."
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Alan Donovan, MIT Lab. for Computer Science | adonovan@lcs.mit.edu
