They Are Missing the Agonized Cries Already

So, the CIA is whining about having to live under the common decency restraints of the Army Field Manual interrogation rules. Already they want access to the old ways.

The one example they give of a technique they want back, the "attention grasp" (grasping someone by the collar with both hands) is useless without "walling" (slamming the prisoner, once attention grabbed) against the wall.

The CIA is also whining that the Army Field Manual is, at the same time, too vague and too restrictive. The Manual is too restrictive because it doesn't allow physical contact. It is too vague because it doesn't mention attack dogs at all.

The truth is the CIA wants to go back to the good old days when just about any torture they wanted was available to demonstrate the wrath of the Christian God. I'm sorry, to interrogate high value targets.