FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

[measl at mfn.org]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 09:13:51PM -0500, measl at mfn.org wrote:
> > It seems that in todays hyper-"patriotic" environment, this is would be
> > not only an "accepted practice", but even a _preferred_ one by many
> > Amerikans :-(
> 
> Yep. It's going to be a hard political sell to insist that yes, this
> indicted hijacker who was caught trying to bring down another plane
> and was captured with detailed plans of a planned nuclear bomb attack
> in the next three hours shouldn't be, um, strongly encouraged to turn
> over the passphrase to "nuke-location-gps-coordinates.txt.gpg"

What's _really_ scary is that it's a hard sell for
Osama-bin-College-Student who is caught with nothing more than a parking
ticket and a less-than-American style of clothing.

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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