tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post7110994811167237433..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: False confessions from torture produced Iraq WMD claimsLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-13529688651252165272007-12-17T06:32:00.000-07:002007-12-17T06:32:00.000-07:00Thanks for the clarification, Rich. Wikipedia sup...Thanks for the clarification, Rich. Wikipedia supports the point that torture is no guarantee of accurate information, but you're right that it removes the element that torture *caused* the false information.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-29365620436135794882007-12-13T23:22:00.000-07:002007-12-13T23:22:00.000-07:00I passed the Sullivan article to a friend who sent...I passed the Sullivan article to a friend who sent me back, in part, the following response:<BR/><BR/><I>Wikipedia has a good article on al-Libi<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shaykh_al-Libi<BR/><BR/>The wikipedia article suggests that "al-Libi was intentionally<BR/>misleading interrogators" while the Sullivan article suggests he<BR/>"fabricated the statements because he was terrified of further harsh<BR/>treatment." Pretty important difference, but I suppose in either case<BR/>the torture did not get us what we wanted. If he was misleading us,<BR/>torturing al-Libi didn't necessarily put us in a worse position than we<BR/>otherwise would have been in as Sullivan suggests.</I>Trotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598011905845663700noreply@blogger.com