What is remarkable about most of his confessions, whether they be religious, moral, or social, is their artistic motivation and intellectual open-mindedness.
The strategies and ultimate goals are the same for any kind of torture: to humiliate, disembody (through denying the victim authority over his/her own physical self), extract confessions (whether true or false) and ultimately permanently terrorize the victims to prevent further 'disturbances'disturbances
If the prosecution can build a persuasive case without using the coerced "confession," then whether a defendant endured waterboarding is immaterial in determining guilt or innocence.
For example, a few responses to Page's confession questioned whether she will be able to play non-mutants, despite the fact that she had to publicly admit to being a mutant before people realised she was one.
Bradford took this so seriously he even consulted with a trio of ministers to determine which sodomy crimes were worthy of the death penalty, how far an interrogator should go while attempting to extract a confession, and whether there are crimes where a single witness and a confession were sufficient rather than the then-traditional standard of two witnesses.
"My confession is that whether I know you personally or not," said a banking world fugitive who was struggling with jealousy, "in the last 12 months, I've hated every one of you".
He told how on learning of Hall's confession, he wondered whether he had "cracked".
There was some debate after his two-part confession as to whether he was really being sincere or faking much of the interview.
They joust over the finer points of this unusual tribunal, debating whether the Fifth Amendment protection against forced self-incrimination applies to a foreigner accused of terrorism, whether hearsay evidence is allowed, and whether a confession extracted after 13 days of grilling under hot lights and with truth serum can be admitted into evidence.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has refused to focus on whether confessions are reliable, asking instead whether they were coerced, or offered without Miranda warnings.
