My buddy Clyde at Patriot Room has gotten hold of a copy of the entrance exam given to new journalism school entrants. Oddly enough, it looks quite similar to what I experienced at Arizona State University. A sample question:
Assume you are an interrogator working for the CIA. You have a suspected terrorist in your custody and need to extract information. Choose from one of the following techniques:
A. Ask him politely about his plans, and if he refuses to respond, have the prison chef prepare a religiously sensitive meal for him.
B. Have several fellow interrogators stand around him, tell him to say his good-byes to his parents to the video camera, and then cut off his head with a butter knife.
C. Ask him politely about his plans, and if he refuses to respond, slap him on the belly.
D. Allow him to think he is going to a normal day of work, and then without warning fly a large plane into his 87th floor office window. You may also consider crashing the plane substantially below his office, and thus compel him to leap from the burning building to his certain death below. Collateral damage is acceptable.
(Instructor: If student answers “A,” ask him or her to submit their resume to the Obama Administration for immediate placement in the CIA’s Terrorist Interrogation Unit (they can complete their studies through distance learning). If the student responds “C,” call the FBI immediately and tell them that you have a possible terrorist in your class – this technique has been identified as torture. If the student responds either “B” or “D,” be certain to have Qu’rans and prayer mats available throughout the course period.)
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