The interrogation of Saddam

[Nlighten1]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3720771/

He’s the man with the most to tell the interrogators. Now it’s just a matter of getting him to talk.

“It may be that playing to his rather profound and swollen ego could lead him to revealing some matters, but I don’t think a coercive breaking will lead to anything but defiance,” according to George Washington University Professor Jerrold Post.

It’s a delicate matter, because at the time of his capture Saddam was at his most vulnerable. He was disoriented and disgraced. But his outlook could improve in captivity. In fact, we’ve already learned Saddam was talking back to captors — so-called “trash-talking.”

And one veteran military commander, retired four-star general and NBC News consultant Wayne Downing, worries that the U.S. might have already made a mistake. I asked him if there is any way that he could be mishandled, to get his back up to get him feeling: “I do have value? Hey, look, I used to be a dictator. I killed guys like you.”

[Skittles]

1. don't believe a f***ing thing these liars tell us about Saddam

they lied about the election, about the war, about Jessica Lynch, you name it. I don't think these people are capable of telling the truth.

[sistersofmercy]

2. I don't believe this account because Saddam refered to himself as the

president and would have never called himself a dictator, he's ego would never have allowed that.

[teryang]

3. Physical abuse by sleep deprivation

...and other "stresses" is not a violation of the Geneva Convention according to a CBS news correspondent. He said this was being used as an interrogation method by American forces.

Wonder where he got his training in international law. Perhaps in Hanoi?