Reader Tom Carew from Dublin, Ireland writes about the sort of interrogation techniques which may have led to the release of the ungrateful "peace" activists last week: The rescue of Norman Kember & 2 colleagues raises some thought—provoking challenges, such as those with which the eminent Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz has recently grappled. Two members of the kidnap/murder gang were captured and talked. Or were got to do so. On reflection, I consider that if official limits for such Interrogation  excluded " lasting serious mental harm" as well as "lasting physical harm", and  any "excruciating" treatment, but authorised  "measures extremely unpleasant or distressful for the victim", then you are back in a balanced and proportionate moral calculation.   Coercive elements, such as being naked, doused with water, deprived of sleep, or other similar elements of pressure, such as noise, cold, odours,...(Read Full Post)