Torture? What Torture?
Call me an insensitive reactionary, but this hardly seems to be excessive in terms of interrogating a potential terrorist:
It was reported that at some stage during that further interview process by the United States authorities, BM had been intentionally subjected to continuous sleep deprivation. The effects of the sleep deprivation were carefully observed.
It was reported that combined with the sleep deprivation, threats and inducements were made to him. His fears of being removed from United States custody and ‘disappearing’ were played upon.
It was reported that the stress brought about by these deliberate tactics was increased by him being shackled in his interviews.
Sleep deprivation? Threats? Shackles? Not even any water-boarding.
If our security services were interrogating someone who possibly had information about a planned terrorist attack, I would most certainly hope that they would use these techniques if they found them to be effective.
