Top Terrorist Talking (Nashiri)

ABC News ^ | 11/22/02 | John McWethy, contributor

[godghelpus]

Is anyone else as confused as me regarding all the terrorists supposedly giving up the goods on each other? This is supposedly a group of fanatical people with a very specific goal in mind. Why in the world would they roll-over on each other as soon as they are captured? Its not like we are going to go easier on them for information. Any opinions on this subject or are we being fed BS?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Top Terrorist Talking (Nashiri)

Damn straight he's talking! If he's not talking, that means that the CIA isn't beating him hard enough. I hope the President signed paperwork relegating this scumball's civil rights to the trashcan.

I say find out what this guy knows, put him in front of a military tribunal, then push him out of a C-130 over the north Atlantic.

[galt-jw]

well, consider that the pentagon has some guys who want to confuse the enemy. so, what they do is "leak" some info to the press, who always think they have a scoop because they like to think they are smart.

the information is false, to mislead the enemy.

..........maybe........hahahha

[KriegerGeist]

The CIA has a lot better methods than the old "truth serum" to get anyone they want to talk.
Perhaps, they have also been watching the movies and taking notes...like electrodes to the sensitive parts while running water over the subject hanging from a meathook....I think I saw that in one of the "Lethal Weapon" movies...

[PokeyJoe]

Oh, you know what would happen if he escaped and/or was released? He would be killed as a collaborator.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I have a hunch he may already have been shown just such an open aircraft door during its flight to assist his recall of names, dates and places.

[swarthyguy]

Some of this is disinfo to sow dissension in the ranks.

And not being held in a US jail on US soil means that that services of say, Egypt, Jordan or Turkey or even some other small unnamed nation are being utillised.

People have mentioned Versed, Sodium Pentathol or perhaps some new substances to make people talk.

Or perhaps we bring in some relatives to loosen their tongues.

[El Gato]

are we being fed BS?

More likely CC (Camel Cr@p) But when one of these camel herders with petro dollars tells you they are planning on killing these people or blowing up that building, you can hardly afford to discount it completely. The same goes for the location of the goat humpers.

[Cicero]

No one knows how they would respond under pressure until they actually find themselves in such a situation.

There are a number of possibilities. Maybe he's the kind of guy who likes to send in other people to die, but didn't expect to get captured himself. Maybe he was tricked into revealing certain information, and once he opened up that encouraged him to talk more. Maybe he hasn't talked at all, but the CIA wants his friends to think he has.

Presumably we are only being told what the authorities want us (and al Qaeda) to know.

[El Gato]

push him out of a C-130 over the north Atlantic

That will never do. A C-17 could make the fall alot longer.

[dpwiener]

Why in the world would they roll-over on each other as soon as they are captured? Its not like we are going to go easier on them for information. Any opinions on this subject or are we being fed BS?

It's impossible to know whether captured terrorists are spilling their guts, nor is there any way we can know what interrogation methods are being used. If this guy really is talking, I'm sure it's not because he's cutting a deal for a lighter prison sentence. It would either be because of drugs or torture (perhaps by one of our "allies") or expert psychological tricks and pressure.

But in a larger sense it doesn't really matter whether he is talking or not. Oh sure, it matters if we can get specific bits of information out of him that will lead to the capture of other terrorists and the short-circuiting of planned attacks. But a far more important message is being broadcast to the Al Queda and other groups: You never know who you can trust or who will betray you. Your leaders might crack under questioning and rat you out. If the Americans can capture Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri and make him talk, you could be next (unless a Predator missile finds you first). And are you sure those new recruits who are replacing your dead comrades aren't really undercover agents?

This article is psy-ops, pure and simple. In that respect its truthfulness or lack thereof is largely irrelevant.

[Semper Paratus]

I hear that the bastinado is a great tongue loosener.

[Travis McGee]

They roll over and talk because they are true believers, they are proud of their "holy mission", and they feel they have nothing to hide because it is the will of allah that they succeed, and their capture means nothing.

[Travis McGee]

^ Bump to my theory. ^

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Right on, a C-17 sure works for me. Let him dream of paradise and wake up wondering who turned off the A/C and why a big red guy with horns is jabbing him in the butt with a pitchfork.

[Dog]

Exactly....maybe he isn't talking at all......but Bin Laden and crew don't know that........but it will sure cause panic in the ranks.....bet you we are watching to see who bolts from their hidey hole.

[Dog]

What theory is that??

[Greek]

Should read: "DEAD MAN WALKING..."

[tall_tex]

The announcent of his talking being leaked to the press could be part of the good guy bad guy senerio.

You tell him that you will tell the world he is talking and then if he doesn't, you tell him that you will cut him loose.

He didn't talk, HE didn't talk = Strike #2.

Now if he talks, no strike #3. If he does not talk, sorry your OUT...

Why else would the press have this story?

Tom