It begs the question. Media reports that Islamic State militants claim to have constructed a dirty bomb after stealing 40kg of uranium from an Iraqi university. Their boasts of the device on social media describing the destruction such a bomb would wreak in London, four months after the chemical was reported missing from Mosul University. According to the same media reports, their claims have been substantiated in a letter to the U.N. from the Iraqi ambassador.
So suppose one of the senior jihadists with knowledge of the bomb's location is located or is apprehended. Do you:
a. Try to reason with him with the time honored "good cop bad cop" routine, in which one interrogator browbeats the jihadist and the other pretends to be looking out for him.
b. Scare the jihadist into talking by telling him all of the horrible things he'll face if he's convicted of the crime in a court of law. (Mention the soccer fields and "ethnic sensitive" dietary offerings at GITMO.)
c. Seat the jihadist in an uncomfortable chair, out of reach of any controls like light switches or thermostats, furthering his discomfort and setting up a feeling of dependence.
d. Develop a rapport with the jihadist, using casual conversation to create a non-threatening atmosphere claiming to share some of the suspect's interests or beliefs.
e. Inform the jihadist of his right to an attorney and his right to remain silent.
f. Take the ISIS approach (used on members of the Iraqi military), threaten them with a slow and humiliating death as well as the torture and murder of everyone in their blood line. Conduct a few such murder/executions as an encouragement to surviving detainees.
g.Take the former CIA approach of repeated waterboarding (but no more than 90 seconds at a time), sleep depravation, cold room, repeated playing of ”I Love You”, (The Barney Theme).
h. Don't take him into custody, blow the jihadist (and whomever may be in close proximity) to bits with a drone strike.
