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To: Road Walker who wrote (377669)	4/11/2008 10:24:43 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576881

You seem to think that it only happens once. What actually happens is that these techniques, waterboarding, stress positions, extreme temperatures, loud sound, sleep deprivation, other stuff go on and on, over and over, for months or years. Were waterboarding conducted relentlessly, over and over, it would enter the realm of torture. By all accounts, it is very short-term in nature, requiring only seconds or minutes to get the desired result. I've never heard of longer term applications being necessary or done. The other items you mention -- sleep deprivation, noise, etc., all totally acceptable for as long as may be necessary. You forget that these techniques are only applied where there is reason to believe the target is withholding important information. Obviously, the CIA wouldn't expend valuable time on such an interrogation if they didn't believe the person had important information. They are the professionals, and IMO, should be allowed to exercise their craft within reasonable bounds. If the subject of these techniques wants to be more comfortable, he can make it stop. If the interrogator is wrong and the subject doesn't have any information, sleep deprivation never killed anyone.