http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/16/news/CB-GEN-Mind-of-Mohammed.php?page=1
Mohammed's statements during a hearing at Guantanamo Bay, in which he freely confessed to planning 31 terrorist attacks, also raises questions about the effect that years of rough CIA interrogations may have had — and whether his confession is valid.
Later in the encounter, Mohammed said he and other prisoners had made false statements during interrogation, apparently under torture. He submitted a written statement about how he allegedly was tortured, but the military refused to divulge it. Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged its release.
"I see him as rather feisty and combative and nothing indicating a guy confessing things after being ... tortured," said Jerrold M. Post, director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University and a 21-year veteran of the CIA. "He's somewhat proudly stating, perhaps overstating, the extent of the operations he has been involved with."
Mohammed might be exaggerating the number of targets he intended to attack in order to spread "the message of fear," Post said.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1322866
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described
Sources Say Agency's Tactics Lead to Questionable Confessions, Sometimes to Death
It is "bad interrogation. I mean you can get anyone to confess to anything if the torture's bad enough," said former CIA officer Bob Baer.
Mohammed's statements during a hearing at Guantanamo Bay, in which he freely confessed to planning 31 terrorist attacks, also raises questions about the effect that years of rough CIA interrogations may have had — and whether his confession is valid.
Later in the encounter, Mohammed said he and other prisoners had made false statements during interrogation, apparently under torture. He submitted a written statement about how he allegedly was tortured, but the military refused to divulge it. Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged its release.
"I see him as rather feisty and combative and nothing indicating a guy confessing things after being ... tortured," said Jerrold M. Post, director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University and a 21-year veteran of the CIA. "He's somewhat proudly stating, perhaps overstating, the extent of the operations he has been involved with."
Mohammed might be exaggerating the number of targets he intended to attack in order to spread "the message of fear," Post said.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1322866
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described
Sources Say Agency's Tactics Lead to Questionable Confessions, Sometimes to Death
It is "bad interrogation. I mean you can get anyone to confess to anything if the torture's bad enough," said former CIA officer Bob Baer.
