Ways of making them talk (Image: Chris Ryan/Getty)From New Scientist:
Editorial: Where coercion has failed, why not try persuasion?
ABU GHRAIB and Guantanamo Bay: two names that have become synonymous in many people's minds with torture and abuse of human rights by American interrogators. When Barack Obama entered the White House in January 2009, he set out to erase the stain such practices have left on America's image. The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group established later that year has as one of its stated aims to interrogate without brute force and to employ "scientifically proven" techniques - though without saying what these might be.
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My Comment: I was surprised to read this article about torture in the New Scientist. It is rather long .... but if you want to know all about the trends and directions for where torture is (or may be) going, this article is for you.
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