The Wall Street Journal reported that “a U.S. intelligence official” told them that
detainees with important information could be treated roughly:
“Among the techniques: making captives wear black hoods, forcing them to stand
in painful “stress positions” for a long time and subjecting them to interrogation sessions
lasting as long as 20 hours.”
“U.S. officials overseeing interrogations of captured al-Qaeda forces at Bagram
and Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba can even authorize “a little bit of smackyface,”
a U.S. intelligence official says. “Some al-Qaeda just need some extra
encouragement,” the official says.
“There’s a reason why [Mr. Mohammed] isn’t going to be near a place where he
has Miranda rights or the equivalent of them,” the senior federal law-enforcer says. “He
won’t be someplace like Spain or Germany or France. We’re not using this to prosecute
him. This is for intelligence. God only knows what they’re going to do with him. You
go to some other country that’ll let us pistol whip this guy.” …