FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

[Declan McCullagh]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:50:01PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> Yes, but this is one of those manufactured, utterly implausible 
> situations. I cannot think of a single instance where a suspect had this 
> kind of knowledge, with this kind of stakes, and with this kind of "next 
> three hours" timetable. Even relaxing each item by a factor of 10...I 
> can't think of any such examples.

Neither can I. My intention was not to suggest that it's acceptable to
rip out the accused's toenails, slowly, but to suggest that this is
the kind of scenario that we may hear politicians talking about in short
order. 

-Declan