Interrogation.

This is coolbert:

“In this type of war [the anti-terrorist war], the single best form of intelligence will be the hostile interrogation” - - Shlomo Gazit, AMAN - - Israeli military intelligence.

President Obama has just signed an executive order outlawing all forms of coercive interrogation techniques. TO INCLUDE WATER BOARDING.

The CIA, for instance, will now be limited to conducting interrogations of captured terrorists using ONLY techniques as outlined in the U.S. Army field manual for interrogations. Techniques designed to be used against prisoners-of-war [POW]! POW as captured on a conventional military battlefield.

Nineteen such interrogation techniques, utilizing psychological methods SOLELY, are contained in the field manual. I had thought there were ONLY seven or eight such psychological techniques available to army interrogators? Perhaps the manual has been updated and new approaches adopted since I last did military service?

“[the] 19 techniques . . . eschews harsh questioning practices . . . all rely on psychological approaches and prohibit interrogators from making physical contact with suspects or using force.”

[U.S. Army interrogators are told [?], have been told [?], in training, that in 90 % to 95 % of the cases where psychological methods of interrogation are used, the “POW” will “give it up” more or less right away!!]

Well, no shouting, screaming, touching in any manner, threatening [only in verbal manner] by shaking a fist, or anything like that anymore on the part of an American interrogator? Restraints? Forbidden too? NO more playing rock music to jar the hearing sensibilities of the Middle Easterner? And let the guy [POW] have a break to go to the bathroom if he says he needs to? This is the kinder, gentler approach? Am I being flippant and sarcastic here?

MY PERSONAL PERCEPTION IS THAT THESE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, BASED UPON PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES ONLY, ARE DOOMED TO FAIL WHEN USED AGAINST THE DETERMINED JIHADI!!

INTELLIGENCE GLEANED FROM INTERROGATIONS OF CAPTURED JIHADI IS GOING TO BOTTOM OUT AT NEAR ZERO!!??

AND TOO, BE VERY WARY OF THOSE JIHADI WILLING TO TALK AND “SPILL THE BEANS”! PROBABLY FOLKS SPREADING DISINFORMATION INTENDED TO FOOL THE AMERICAN INTERROGATOR AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST!!

The jihadi, captured, is NOT like an ordinary POW! The jihadi has mentally prepared himself for death, even hoping to die!! Psychological methods will almost never work with these bad guys. You will not “break” them, THEY WILL “BREAK” YOU!!

And please do not think that you are going to impress the jihadi or change HIS perception of you by according him decent and fair treatment. HE WILL EVEN DESPISE YOU EVEN MORE SO THAN HE ALREADY DOES! THE DETERMINED JIHADI HAS MADE HIS MIND UP LONG AGO THAT YOU THE AMRIKI ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A COCKROACH TO BE TROD UNDERFOOT WHENEVER THE OPPORTUNITY AFFORDS ITSELF!!

Again, these comments of mine might seem to be flippant, sarcastic, unwarranted, etc. But this IS my perception! Good luck interrogators - - you will need it!!

coolbert.