Effectiveness Of Harsh Questioning Is Unclear

During his first days in detention, senior al-Qaeda operative Khalid Sheik Mohammed was stripped of his clothes, beaten, given a forced enema and shackled with his arms chained above his head, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It was then, a Red Cross report says, that his American captors told him to prepare for "a hard time."

Over the next 25 days, beginning on March 6, 2003, Mohammed was put through a routine in which ... Full Story »

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by Peter L. Combs - Apr. 26, 2009

A very good story, offers a few time lines and perspectives of FBI operatives, detainees and how they were treated. reading between the lines is tough.. The upshot is its going to be hard to clarify what happened exactly.

The article points out the implausible assertion that these guys all started talking after "Traditional Interrogation Methods". ? This kind of stuff I find VERY unlikely...but "For The Record" i guess they have to record it that way.

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