Word: duress
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...will and will not tolerate, we need facts, not political correctness. When I think of torture, I think of ripping out fingernails or sending electrical current through the body. I believe that most Americans are against any interrogation methods that cause excruciating pain. That is far different, however, from duress or discomfort. I am not against our government using a variety of interrogation techniques, such as loud music and uncomfortable surroundings, especially when that could save U.S. lives. Julie J. Marlay Ottumwa, Iowa...
...lessons from Zubaydah and his more noteworthy successors--like Ramzi Binalshibh, an erudite killer who provided little information under extreme duress, and the 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (K.S.M.), who, according to senior intelligence officials, was told his children would be hurt if he didn't cooperate--were the long-held lessons of going medieval: whatever jumbled information is swiftly gathered is not worth the high price. To establish what was gathered, Bush, in the East Room, did what has consistently landed him in trouble--take creative liberties with classified information. Specifically, he ran through a simplified progression...
...Marines murder unarmed Iraqi civilians and then cover up the slayings? While our story prompted wide agreement that anyone found guilty should be disciplined, readers also blamed the enemy's tactics and the Administration's policies for increasing the duress under which U.S. troops are serving...
...What is best for Harvard?” Ours is an institution of numerous interests, strong wills, and the potential to fracture into self-interested fiefdoms. But it turns out that institutional loyalty, without false sentimentality, is real here, and that our members, even under the greatest duress, put the welfare of Harvard above their...
Having spent more than 30 hours in December and January speaking through an interpreter with al-Qahtani at Guantnamo, Gutierrez, the first person to report publicly on his mind-set since his story broke, says he now recants his previous incriminating statements, claiming they were extracted under extreme duress. That may not be surprising. Nor was Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman's response: that "the al-Qaeda training manual specifically encourages those captured to make false claims of abuse." But the more that becomes known about the al-Qahtani case--a unique window into the otherwise secretive practices at Guant?...