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U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations: 'Stress and Duress' Tactics Used on Terrorism Suspects Held in Secret Overseas Facilities

Date: December 26, 2002
Authors: Dana Priest and Barton Gellman
QUOTE: [US interrogation methods are]...a brass-knuckled quest for information, often in concert with allies of dubious human rights reputation, in which the traditional lines between right and wrong, legal and inhumane, are evolving and blurred.

ABSTRACT: Based on off-the-record interviews with current and former intelligence officers the CIA, itself or through surrogate Arab allies, are employing brutal physical and psychological methods to obtain information from captured Al Qaeda and Taliban members. This articles describes what is known of the procedures and ground rules for these interrogations. --- D. Doernberg

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