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juldea ([personal profile] juldea) wrote2001-10-22 02:26 am

this frightens me

"FBI and Justice Department investigators are increasingly frustrated by the silence of jailed suspected associates of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, and some are beginning to that say that traditional civil liberties may have to be cast aside if they are to extract information about the Sept. 11 attacks and terrorist plans."

(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/attacked/A27748-2001Oct20.html, sent to me by tinder)

[identity profile] cuttooth.livejournal.com 2001-10-22 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Among the alternative strategies under discussion are using drugs or pressure tactics, such as those employed occasionally by Israeli interrogators, to extract information. Another idea is extraditing the suspects to allied countries where security services sometimes employ threats to family members or resort to torture."

Holy Shit!
what have we become?