2007-11-08 Veteran Interrogator: Torture Ties My Hands

2007-11-08 \torture\military opinions\Steve Kleinman http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004670.php Veteran Interrogator: Torture Ties My Hands &ldquo;But if a detainee has his hands tied, or if a detainee shivers because a room is chilled, then "I don't know whether he's shivering because the room is cold or because my questions are penetrating," Kleinman said. That degree of abuse "takes away a lot of my tools." It's one of the clearest explanations in the public record about what torture costs professional interrogators in terms of actionable intelligence, as the debate is so often set up as what a lack of torture ends up costing national security.&rdquo;   