CIA's 'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Were Counterproductive


	CIA's 'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Were Counterproductive

pennyserenade

9-30-2009 1:26 PM

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pennyserenade says:

Having experienced a few bad moments under the Brazilian dictatorship I am afraid that being proven scientifically wrong won't change the methods: it has more to do with sadism and revenge than with the 'quest for fire', searching the truth.

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