If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact,…

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The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel...

The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel...

They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all...

They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all...

I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because...

I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because...

Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop...

Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop...

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and...

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and...

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first...

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first...

And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask...

And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask...

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said...

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said...

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him,...

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him,...

We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance...

We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance...

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take...

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take...

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison...

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison...

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility...

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility...

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it...

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it...

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home...

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home...

I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were...

I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were...

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May...

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May...

I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did....

I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did....

Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is...

Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is...