false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178755797m/833250.jpg 833250 2 So begins Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis's first briefing at Abu Ghraib. When the U.S. went to war with Iraq, Lagouranis-who joined the Army prior to September 11-was tapped to be an interrogator in places like Abu Ghraib and Fallujah. He believed in his mission, but he soon discovered that pushing the legal limits of interrogation was encouraged. Under orders, he-along with numerous other soldiers-abused and terrorized hundreds of prisoners by adding "enhancements" to "Fear Up Harsh," an official tactic designed to terrify prisoners into revealing information. <br/><br/> This is an unflinching first-hand account of how one man struggled with his own conscience and ultimately broke the silence surrounding interrogation practices. The first Army interrogator to step forward and publicly denounce these tactics, Lagouranis reveals what went on in Iraqi prisons-raising crucial questions about American conduct abroad. 818879 5 6 2007 Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq total:27|5:7|4:10|3:8|2:2|1:0| 27 103 36 7 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 05:55:09 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 08:04:23 -0700 2008 after the Abu Ghraib scandal broke. The use of torture and detention regardless of someone's guilt, innocence, or suspected or useful intelligence (torture by convenience and habit). The large-scale strategy of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 22:21:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 22:35:20 -0700 2008
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