Monday 5 January 2009

Torture bad, counterproductive, recruits terrorists

Bruce Schneier's blog has a couple of nice quotes from Matthew Alexander, a former interrogator with the US in Iraq.

Interestingly, it seems to echo what some others with experience of interrogation say.  David Cornwell, the author who writes as John Le Carre worked for British Military Intelligence way back and says much the same in this interview.

No surprises.  Do bad things and right thinking people will get upset and decide you are worth fighting.  That's why it's so sad that we've allowed ourselves to be associated with despicable behaviour in Iraq and elsewhere.  


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