The life of U.S. military combat veteran Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is in austere jeopardy.  International news has revealed that Hekmati has been convicted of working with a hostile country, belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency, and trying to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorist activities -- all allegations likely harvested from false confessions. While news about Hekmati is more than disheartening, no one save the principals truly knows whether or not he actually was on any U.S. intelligence agency's payroll.  The only thing known about Hekmati's government service is that he once served honorably for the United States Marine Corps.  The confession which led to his conviction could easily have come from Iran's unique torture methodologies, which would make anything he stated a "false" confession.   Iran's elicitation techniques have been known to include torture. In 2009, three U.S. hikers were apprehended by Iranian officials on the Iran-Iraq border....(Read Full Post)