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There are explosions - smoke bombs, meant to shock and disorient - and the riot police charge, striking the protesters with canes. The monks and students fight back, and soon there is the unmistakable crackle of live ammunition - the soldiers are shooting above our heads. The monks dress their wounds and begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blood, Robes And Tears: A Rangoon Diary | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

"I told the guys, 'We've got to think out of the box,'" NAC director Dennis Wend told Difflock magazine. "So, we sat down and studied those old movies. They got a lot of ideas from them." The SmarTruck features high voltage door handles, laser guns, a grenade launcher, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sci-Fi Today, Sci-Fact Tomorrow | 8/25/2006 | See Source »

Extremists and guerrilla warriors tend to be less malleable than criminals, however. And since the military and government agencies operating abroad function with fewer legal constraints, they take more risks. Last spring the Department of Defense finalized a secret "stress matrix" detailing dozens of tactics that could and could not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: What Works and What Doesn't Work: The Rules Of Interrogation | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

SENSORY DEPRIVATION To disorient captives, interrogators place hoods, duct tape or darkened goggles over their eyes for hours at a time.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: What Works and What Doesn't Work: A Pattern of Abuse? | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

The plane carrying U.S. Open champion Stewart to Dallas took off from Orlando at 9.19 a.m. but stopped responding to air traffic controllers after 9.45 a.m. That prompted them to call the Air Force, which routinely tracks out-of-control aircraft. Although such planes can be shot down if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystery of Payne Stewart's Last Flight | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

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