Fox's 24 Performs Vital Service For War-Effort

Read this carefully and see if you draw the same conclusion I did below:

A former U.S. military interrogator in Iraq has admitted that he and his colleagues were encouraged to mimic torture techniques that they had seen in movies and TV shows -- particularly Fox's 24. In an interview with Newsweek, former U.S. Army Specialist Tony Lagouranis said that he was told by his superiors in Iraq "that the Geneva Conventions didn't apply any more. So our training was obsolete, and we were encouraged to be creative. We turned to television and movies to look for ways of interrogating." Lagouranis said that he eventually learned that the torture techniques enacted on 24 are not effective for gaining intelligence "and his success rate isn't lifelike at all. [Plus] the tactics he uses are completely illegal, under U.S. and international law." Lagouranis also told the magazine that he had recently met with the producers of 24 to discuss the issue. "I can't fault them because they're creating art, and the military is responsible for training. But we were simply asking them to think responsibly about what they're doing, and perhaps try to portray this a little bit more realistically."

LOL - Now: eventually learned that the torture techniques enacted on 24 are not effective for gaining intelligence-- which means they tried them all and they didn't work. Just thinking of what I've seen Jack Bauer do to terrorists makes me squeal with delight to think that this was done to real-life filth.

The best part is: try to portray this a little bit more realistically, which sounds to me like: "Give us ideas that will work!" Heh heh, Go Jack! Use a jig-saw on some wog this season.