Re: CDR: Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

2001-10-25 Thread jamesd
-- On 22 Oct 2001, at 23:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding (from questioning on this topic in the distant past with an MD/shrink) is that the sodium thiopental/pentobarbital/etc. truth serum is an urban legend. He was quite specific that the drug was a definite aid to

Re: CDR: Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

2001-10-22 Thread measl
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Jon Beets wrote: Subject: CDR: Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent This appears total BS to me... While I don't doubt some agents do at times conduct their own idea of interrogation I sincerely doubt that the FBI as a whole would be considering

Re: CDR: Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

2001-10-22 Thread measl
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote: If the U.S. abandons the standard that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself--something the truth serum drugging option would of course imply just as surely as torture would--the end times will be upon us. I submit that this has