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Questioning, the Jack Bauer way
The Guardian
April 18, 2008
The American TV drama, 24, featuring counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer, inspired lawyers at Guantánamo, who were instructed to come up with new interrogation techniques.
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Lieutenant Colonel Diane Beaver, a military lawyer at the detention centre, said Bauer, played by Kiefer Sutherland, “gave people lots of ideas”. She told Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team: “We saw [24] on cable … It was hugely popular.”
Sands writes: “She believed the series contributed to an environment in which those at Guantánamo were encouraged to see themselves as being on the frontline – and to go further than they otherwise might.”
The US military criticised the award-winning series last year, saying it encouraged soldiers to see torture as a justifiable weapon against terror suspects.
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