"We have different ways of obtaining information from individuals" in the criminal-justice process, Brennan said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "A lot of people . . . understand what they're facing, and their lawyers recognize that there is advantage to talking to us in terms of plea agreements, [and] we're going to pursue that." Brennan told CNN's "State of the Union" that other terrorism suspects have "given us very valuable information as they've gone through the plea-agreement process."

According to the authorities, Abdulmutallab says he made contact via the internet with a radical imam in Yemen who then connected him with al Qaeda leaders in a village north of the country's capital, Sanaa.

American-born Anwar Awlaki has lived in Yemen since 2002 and is considered a major recruiter for al Qaeda by U.S. authorities. He survived a U.S.-backed air strike earlier this week.

The suspect in the Northwest Airlines attack told FBI agents he lived with the al Qaeda leader in Yemen for about a month and was not allowed to leave as he was trained in what to do and how to do it, authorities said.

At some point, according to the account, Abdulmutallab said he was joined by a Saudi citizen whom he described as an al Qaeda bomb maker.

Death isn't a worthwhile deterrent for these pricks though.
They consider that a first class ticket to heaven.

Death isn't a worthwhile deterrent for these pricks though.
They consider that a first class ticket to heaven.

So, um waterboard the motherfucker, get the info, then kill him....

It would mean escalation. We certainly don't want that. Imagine them kidnapping, torturing, and taping U.S. citizens being killed.

Residents in Fallujah said insurgents attacked the contractors with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. After the attack, a jubilant crowd of civilians, none of whom appeared to be armed, gathered to celebrate, dragging the bodies through the street and hanging two of them from the bridge.

A spokesman for the Home Government Department of the province of Sindh said authorities received the tape around 11 p.m. local time (1 p.m. EST) and it "contained scenes showing Mr. Daniel Pearl in captivity and scenes of his murder by the kidnappers."

Death isn't a worthwhile deterrent for these pricks though.
They consider that a first class ticket to heaven.

Abusing and mistreating prisoners, although it could be argued as justified, does nothing but reinforce the idea that the US is a piece of shit and deserves what it gets.

Someone please explain to me why we should allow a foreigner who attempted to murder at least 180 people should be allowed a plea deal.

Pretty please.

Who is arguing we mistreat anyone?

So, um waterboard the motherfucker, get the info, then kill him....

Feed them to pigs

in cases such as these, i believe it is best to let the gov't to its own devices, and adopt a dont ask dont tell policy of how they get their info