A tale of two decisions (or, how the FBI gets you to confess) (PsychSound by Steve Bergstein)Story about an actual court case recognizing that the US govt obtained a forced confession (a false one, at that) by threatening to torture the suspect's family members. A tale of two decisions (or, how the FBI gets you to confess) (PsychSound by Steve Bergstein)Story about an actual court case recognizing that the US govt obtained a forced confession (a false one, at that) by threatening to torture the suspect's family members. ( 4 , 11 ) Redacted - FBI's threat to sic Egyptian security services on suspectAn intriquing look at what gets 'classified' in the name of national security, and how a false confession was extracted. ( 2 , 7 ) coerced confession was obtained (FBI Coerced Confession Deemed "Classified")Steve Bergstein is one of several who have blogged about a recent court ruling that reads like most any bestselling crime novel. Apparently, when the court originally posted their decision (complete with backstory) it detailed how a coerced confession was obtained by the FBI from Abdallah Higazy in relation to the 9/11 attacks. The details, however, were later removed and deemed "classified". "As I read the opinion I realized it was a 44 page epic, too long for me to print out. I blogged about the opinion while I read it online and then posted the blog as I ate lunch. Then something strange happened: a few minutes after I posted the blog, the opinion vanished from the Court of Appeals website! [...] The next day, the Court of Appeals reissued the Higazy opinion. With a redaction. The court simply omitted from the revised decision facts about how the FBI agent extracted the false confession from Higazy. For some reason, this information is classified." ( 225 ) - 22 Oct 2007, 9:25pm in yro, political_news, rights, torture, and fbi |
