FBI 'broke' Saddam without torture, documents reveal

By GottaLaff

Surprise, surprise. Saddam folded without being hung by his beard. Isn't this pretty much what all the fuss about the treatment of detainees has been about? You remember, the fuss about torture not being effective, etc. etc. blahblahblah... yeah, that fuss:

Documents published by The New York Daily News this week reveal that a complex game of "mental chess," and not torture or any such rough treatment, "broke" Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

The revelation stands in stark contrast to the Bush administration's repeated claim that its so-called "harsh interrogation techniques" were necessary for high value prisoners when lives were on the line.

Check out the Daily News report by James Meek.

And while you're at it, check out the reports filed by Saddam's interrogator, here, here and here (PDF links).

And if you haven't done so yet, please read my posts about a Gitmo detainee who has been sold into custody and held and abused for eight years on triple hearsay "evidence". He never broke either. And as opposed to Saddam, he's innocent.