FBI agent tries to copyright torture manual, inadvertently makes it public

My two questions now are, 1. Is there an uncensored version online yet? 2. If there is not, does anyone know if I am allowed to go down to the library of congress and scan/photograph the contents (If so, I live close by and can go do it tonight/tomorrow).

cshenoy• 13 years ago

From the Mother Jones article:

Because the two versions are similar, a side-by-side comparison allows a reader to deduce what was redacted in the later version. The copyright office does not allow readers to take pictures or notes, but during a brief inspection, a few redactions stood out.

MPetitt4• 13 years ago

Well shit, anyone else have any ideas? Depending on how strict they are with stalking or watching you I think typing things up on my phone wouldn't be to difficult to do nonchalantly.

throwaway9174• 13 years ago

I think an important question is whether the version in the LOC is the real version. Since there are so many red flags, it would make a good deal of sense that they simply placed a watered down version of the material in the LOC for a "lucky" reporter to find and take the heat off them.

Basically, this version is a sensitive detector for describing government wrongdoing, but it is not specific - it doesn't prove that certain forms of wrongdoing were not in the training manual.

rubbingalcohol• 13 years ago

That's assuming the government is "smart" and nothing they've done recently would actually indicate they are smart.

dsugarman• 13 years ago

Anyone have a link to information contained in the manual?

Splendor• 13 years ago

It seems like that will be hard to come by since "the copyright office does not allow readers to take pictures or notes". All we seem to have are the rememberings of those who've been in to see it.

nswanberg• 13 years ago

Do the redacted parts have the interrogator ask algorithm and data structure questions to a person led to believe they would only be asked about html and javascript features?

tibbon• 13 years ago

Yet... I can't seem to find a link to it? Wouldn't mind reading.

mercurial• 13 years ago

Flamebait title. Where is the torture in this "torture manual"? Maybe a better title would be: Submitter editorializes title for more clicks, makes it to the front page.

JacobIrwin• 13 years ago

URL to non-redacted version?

FBI agent tries to copyright torture manual, inadvertently makes it public

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