Sources said Zubaydah, who initially identified himself as Abu Ubaid, has admitted his identity but has not cooperated with investigators so far. Cliff Van Zandt, a former FBI profiler, told The Post the interrogation teams assigned to the case will isolate, disorient and deprive him of "his support system" in order to get him to talk.
May I suggest starting with the horse tranquilizer, before moving on to the morphine? Maybe with a little ganja. That always works wonders.
Calling news reports "wrong and irresponsible," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld denied Wednesday that officials are considering torture as a way to get information out of captured al-Qaida leader Abu Zubaydah. "Reports to that effect are wrong, inaccurate, not happening and will not happen," he said. "He will be properly interrogated by proper people who know how to do those things." Rumsfeld was responding to reports that Abu Zubaydah, captured Thursday in Pakistan, might be sent to a third country that uses more harsh interrogation techniques than allowed in the United States.
And Librium. And some o' that "Maui Wowie"... An' a coupla these sugar cubes... |