good police work

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Harry may be seasoned but I remember quaking in
my boots when twice interviewed by cops: 

Post Office cop inquiry about unfilled $14.95 order
(~1960) when I had a mailorder bidness in second
hand books

US Army cop inquiry about how much I knew about
a trainee changing trainees future assignments
(I knew that they already knew who it was)(1957)

We are NEVER going to know the percentage of 
interviewees that freely identified other resident
aliens going to school Arab men who exulted at 9-11.
The last question of course is so the interviewee
can vent against the Israelis. He gets to practice 
his rhetoric and the three listen and, afterwards, 
decide what to recommend.

Connie Clark wrote:
> 
> --- Harry Edwards <hedwards@gstype.com> wrote:
> > Any seasoned terrorist should be able to lie with
> > facility.
> 
> Isn't the point of these interrogations to gather info
> on possible terrorists.  They are assuming this guy
> isn't a terrorist, but that he may be willing to
> squawk about somebody else, or even a hint that
> somebody else should be investigated. Thus, the dumb,
> open, leading questions.