I know, right? How often does that happen? Well, believe it or not, Rep. Rush Holt, who’s been pushing the Pentagon to order the videotaping of military interrogations for at least the two years that I’ve been covering Holt’s effort, won. It looks like interrogation out in the battlefield won’t be covered, and the whole question of CIA interrogations is outside the scope of Holt’s measure. But, you know, one step at a time, and this is a pretty big step.
Actual Good News: Pentagon Will Videotape Interrogations |
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| By: Spencer Ackerman Tuesday May 18, 2010 1:22 pm | |



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This is very good news especially if it applies to interrogations of U.S. military personnel as well. Many sign false confessions under duress and it is only their word against the investigator.