Will the new CIA-Director-to-be revive an EIT program?

The role of the CIA is different from that of the military. It is different from that of the FBI. It only stands to reason that interrogation practices should be shaped to serve their respective needs.

During Senate confirmation hearings for Petraeus, Mark Udall, Democratic Senator for Colorado, broached the subject of interrogations:

In the vast majority of cases, Petraeus said, the “humane” questioning standards mandated by the U.S. Army Field Manual are sufficient to persuade detainees to talk. But though he did not use the word torture, Petraeus said “there should be discussion … by policymakers and by Congress” about something “more than the normal techniques.”

Could this be a resuscitation of “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” and will it happen under Obama’s watch?

Amnesty is here [Reader Post]

Seeking to import as many voters as possible, Barack Obama has put the brakes on border control:

President Barack Obama’s administration is quietly offering a quasi-amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, while aiming to win reelection by mobilizing a wave of new Hispanic voters, say supporters of stronger immigration law enforcement.

Here’s to the Losers [Reader Post]

I recently attended a lunch lecture called “Leadership Lessons Learned at West Point.” The retired officer who spoke gave a good speech, if not the most original. He even admitted at he very start there there would probably not be any new material that everyone in the room hadn’t heard before. But he had some good anecdotes and lessons, and one point that stuck with me. He talked a bit about losing, and the importance of it.