Scapegoat or mastermind in torturing prisoners?

[Airhead]

Bailff! Whack his pee pee!

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by GScholz
What intelligence? The prisoners were not "interrogated". The guards were playing dominance games. What intelligence would you get out of ordinary criminals anyway? (one of the interviewed prisoners was a car thief)

Of course ... I am of the opinion that there is only one punishment in times of war.

OK having followed the case almost all the defendents say they were following orders from Intell types to soften up the prisoners for interrogations.  As far as what they got out of them (not all of them were common criminals) I don't know, I dont have the clearence/need to know and wouldn't share it here if I did.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by GScholz
....What intelligence would you get out of ordinary criminals anyway? (one of the interviewed prisoners was a car thief)

Possible questions for an Iraqi car thief:

1. Do you steal to build a car bomb?
2. Where are the explosives you intended to use?
3. Are you working alone?
4. Who are the others working with you?
5. What was your intended target?
6. Where is Zarqawi?

Yeah, no possible intellegence to be mined from a simple car thief.

[Pongo]

poor dumb bastard.