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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: ThirdEye who wrote (6555)10/21/2001 3:02:53 PM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Hi Third Eye,

You posted some great stuff. We've been discussing the piece about the four terrorists in detention on another thread, with an emphasis on the following lines:

We're into this thing for 35 days and nobody is talking," a senior FBI official said, adding that "frustration has begun to appear."

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.

Is there anyone on the thread who is versed in current uses of "truth serum", either in psychiatry or government practices? My limited experience leads me to remember that sodium amytal has been used with mixed results in psychiatric patients (for the recovery of repressed memories) and poor results with criminals. I'd like to learn more.
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