For all the debate about interrogation, little research exists

The heated debate in recent weeks about harsh interrogation treatments at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere highlights what some scientists have been warning the U.S. for years: that almost no research exists to tell interrogators the best way to get information out of suspected terrorists. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
3.2
by Dwight Rousu - May. 31, 2009

The question of science-based interrogation techniques is interesting and valid, but this piece tends to de-emphasize the moral and legal aspects of torture, and the blowback from people retaliating for subhuman torture.

Scientific inquiry within the bounds of law and morality seems a worthwhile idea.

“There’s a public debate . . . and everybody’s saying, ‘We have to look at it,’” said Michael Ratner, … “You don’t have to look at it. You don’t use torture.”

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