Why They Didn’t Use Snakes on Abu Zubaydah

[Stingo]

I’m just saying, how do you find the time to bring in caterpillars, much less the evil and effective snakes as an enhanced interrogation technique when you are busy waterboarding the guy 83 times in one month. Abu Zubaydah got off easy — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed got the waterboard 183 times in one month.

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/04/18/why-they-didnt-use-snakes-on-abu-zubaydah/

[bemildred]

1. Yeah, but did it work? That's the question.

Did they pick up new facts between waterboarding 182 and 183?

Why yes, yes they did. Washington is not rubble today because of that last important waterboarding.

:sarcasm:

[Stingo]

4. The new facts were between #57 and #58

The rest of the time they though Zubaydah wanted to go swimming.

[bemildred]

5. Well you can't be too sure. Lives are at stake.

:puke:

[cspanlovr]

2. Ask an apologist "why not crucifiction?" The Romans were good at this,

and that was their torture of choice.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Does ever wonder how many of us are going to get caught in the kharma that is

coming down against the decision makers and those who were gleeful in fulfilling their orders, and especially those who are rationalizing it.

[stillcool]

6. I can't wait for the memo

... that explains why rape isn't mentally or physically painful.

[Stingo]

7. Interesting who wrote that memo

Assuming it exists. . . and it must.

[tomreedtoon]

8. Snakes refused to do it. Even they have standards.

I refer you to the scene from "History of the World, Part 1."

As the guy suggested the use of snakes, the Roman torturer said, "No...but that's very creative."

[Stingo]

11. Finally a good literary reference

Now, the Spanish Inquisition couldn't have been better, eh

[kas125]

9. If it was just caterpillars, why the redacting in those paragraphs?

I think they used scorpions.

[Stingo]

10. Tarantulas,

centipedes, whatever