THE RULES OF INTER ROGATION

摘要

Ask veteran interrogators about torture, and they will tell you that real professionals don't need to use it. They get better information without resorting to extremes, they say. That's the official line. But the more desperate the war and the more elusive the enemy, the faster that line melts away. Since 9/11, America has let its interrogation standards slide because it's hard to get information from religious extremists and insurgents. Yet information is the thing most necessary to prevent guerrilla attacks on the battlefield and terrorist attacks at home. And no matter what anyone says, there is just no attractive way to extract information from people who don't want to give it. "This is tough, tough business," as Major General Geoffrey Miller, the new commanding officer at Abu Ghraib, told reporters last week.