by DavidDanzig
How a US Army ‘Gator Gets Info in Less Than 10 Minutes
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The first time I taught a one-hour class at the US Military Academy at West Point, a 20-year-old student made it very clear that while he might be studying ethics, law and morality in school, it was practicalities that really concerned him.
“If we are kicking in doors in Iraq,” the third year student – known in West Point parlance as a “Cow” – said, “and I find a guy who has a load of materials that could be used to build an IED in his home and explosive residue on his hands, I don’t have time to do a by-the-book interview do I? I mean, lives are at stake and we will have minutes, not hours or days, to get the info we need.”
