In response to the November 17, 2002, Joint Task Force Guantanamo memo, which allowed interrogators to use enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation Task Force, Guantanamo (CITF-G) Timothy James, wrote on December 17, 2002: “CITF-G objects to these aggressive interrogation techniques,’ and that ‘LEA [law enforcement] agents only use rapport-based methods that not only yield results, but also are legally sound. [W]hen coercive techniques are used in closed environments, there is a real potential for mistreatment to occur. This holds true even for highly trained and disciplined interrogators…’ ”
– M. Cherif Bassiouni, The Institutionalization of Torture by the Bush Administration, Page xl