Many Tamils say just talking to a foreigner provokes interrogation.
He liked to provoke self-interrogation but wasn't particularly interested in the answers that emerged; he just liked to set off the thought process.
the spiraling increase in global rates of obesity and its associated comorbidities, including type II diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, has provoked intense interrogation into the mechanisms by which overnutrition advances these pathological conditions.
We're meeting in Tampa.' " Like it or not, Lewis's arrival in Tampa, Fla., will provoke a Super Bowl interrogation far more piercing than any other National Football League player has ever had to confront.
His trips to Yemen provoked the most lengthy interrogation.
The report by the Justice Department's ethics office has been under preparation for more than five years, and its critique of legal work on interrogations provoked bitter complaints from Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as he was leaving office as the Bush administration's final attorney general.
In the mid-1980s, following cases of false confessions, British courts prohibited officers from using some aggressive techniques, like lying about evidence to provoke suspects, and required that interrogations be taped.
An August 2002 memo, provoked by a CIA request for interrogation guidance, suggested that the president's commander-in-chief authorities meant that those acting at his direction would be immune from prosecution for torture.
A few weeks ago, in a crowded Manhattan courtroom, Rowling's lawyers put Vander Ark through a lengthy interrogation, as part of a lawsuit provoked by his plans to publish "The Harry Potter Lexicon," a comprehensive guide to "Harry Potter," which Rowling believes infringes on her copyright.
The draft report on the interrogation opinions was completed in December and provoked controversy inside the Bush administration Justice Department.
The full extent of the tactics used during his interrogation are still not publicly known, but the methods provoked the concerns within the C.I.A. about possible violation of the federal torture law.
