Sentence examples for severe interrogation from inspiring English sources

Rumsfeld was in frequent contact with Miller about the progress of Qahtani's interrogation, and personally approved the most severe interrogation tactics.

He could revoke President Bush's executive order, disclosed in 2007, allowing the Central Intelligence Agency to use more severe interrogation techniques than allowed under the Army Field Manual.

He was credited by lawyers for the prisoners and human rights groups with having improved the treatment of detainees, and it was soon after he took over that some of the most severe interrogation methods were curtailed.

The announcement comes amid new questions about which officials inside the C.I.A. were involved in the decision to destroy the videotapes, which showed severe interrogation methods used on two Qaeda suspects, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 — President Bush's national security adviser signaled on Sunday that he was seeking a compromise with the Republican senators who are rebelling against the administration's proposal to explicitly permit certain severe interrogation practices against terrorism suspects.

Current and former intelligence officials say the videotapes showed severe interrogation techniques used on two Qaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who were among the first three terror suspects to be detained and interrogated by the C.I.A. in secret prisons after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The increasingly severe interrogations ultimately led to a period of months in 2003-2004 during which he was kept in an isolation cell without his Koran or other personal items and was persistently deprived of sleep.

Ms. Lee recalled that she decided to defy her father and call a lawyer when he told her he had endured severe F.B.I. interrogations and was threatened with possible execution as a spy for China, an accusation he adamantly denied.

To pay with a Scottish banknote in England, you are forced to go through quite a severe phase of interrogation, witness several phonecalls to head office and suffer a look of disgust on the cashier's face.

If you excuse waterboarding by saying it saves American lives, why not even more severe forms of interrogation?

Palestinian leaders have placed blame for Mr. Jaradat's death on what they described as "severe torture" during interrogation, though Israeli officials say the bruising and broken ribs cited as evidence of torture could have been caused by resuscitation efforts.