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| Start co-operating or we’ll hand you over, Saddam told |
| 2004-05-16 |
| CIA interrogators have seized on an admission by Saddam Hussein that he fears torture at the hands of his Iraqi enemies, and are threatening him with a quick handover to the new government in a renewed effort to break his silence. They are also trying to exploit a new-found obsession of the former dictator with hygiene and careful food preparation to persuade him to begin giving information after five frustrating months of questioning. Yikes! It took the CIA a total of FIVE MONTHS to figure out Saddam was scared to be turned over to his not so loyal subjects. Tenet’s "lights out" disease must have infected the whole darn organization. This article reads like something out of The Onion. Also Saddam, who had no problems about hiding in a rathole and living on chocolate bars has conned the CIA into thinking he is obsessive compulsive about hygiene and food preparation. On a more serious note, this is very worrisome. When you try to extract information from an enemy with official POW status, and you can’t use dog leashes or frilly panties on the face, you get zilch. |
| Posted by:rex |
| #5 Denunciation of this interrogation tactic as "humiliation" and "torture" by Teddy Kennedy, Pelosi, and the rest of the LLL moonbat brigade in 5, 4, 3..... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-16 4:18:55 PM |
| #4 Speaking of his mouthpiece, maybe now would be a good time for a legal revolution: the lawyer gets the same penalty as his client. Sure would cut down of weak defenses. Think of it as evolution in action |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-05-16 4:16:21 PM |
| #3 He really, really doesn't want to go back to the people who wouldn't think twice about using his own methods against him. On the other hand, maybe he does; no one ever accused him of being smart. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-05-16 4:02:31 PM |
| #2 #1, they already have, at least implicitly. Rex, I'm not as critical of the CIA as you. Saddam is a psychopath, and psychopaths are notoriously difficult to interrogate. The fact that he hid in a dirt hole and ate candy bars when necessary doesn't contradict the fact that when he was in power he was very obsessed with his appearance and with hygeine. He's already got a lawyer & expects to have a chance to use his powers of pursuasion soon, but fears being turned over ... yes, none of that is news, but the potential immediacy of either his chance to grandstand or of retribution means the CIA may have an opening to shift him a bit. If you think getting info from him should have been easy, you haven't got a clue LOL. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-05-16 3:19:21 PM |
| #1 They should give him a countdown clock to 0001 July 1. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-05-16 3:11:46 PM |