Monday, February 23, 2009

Alternatives to torture

Saturday Megan and I spent 8 hours shopping and too much money at the Pentagon City Mall, Target, Marshalls and Payless. Sunday I caught up on reading, gorcery shopping, cleaning and napping. Overall, it was a relaxing weekend.

I reported on a book discussion today at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Matthew Alexander (a pseudonymn), author of "How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, To Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq," spoke about his experience in Iraq and how his team of interrogators located Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Alexander said torture is immoral in all scenarios and is often ineffective and counterproductive.

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