Congress wants to limit which spells are allowed.
I read that one of the "torture" methods is for a female guard to read Harry Potter aloud to the terrorist prisoner.
The horrors!
"In one session, they questioned a man who defense officials said was a Saudi national and admitted al Qaeda member who was picked up in Afghanistan and knew nine of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers. In another, a female interrogator took an unusual approach to wear down a detainee, reading a Harry Potter book aloud for hours. He turned his back and put his hands over his ears. "
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/25/national/main704276.shtml
And in related news:
Detainees under Harry Potter's spell
Harry Potter's worldwide popularity is so broad-based that it has become favorite reading for Islamic terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Lori, who for two years has overseen the detention center's library, said J.K. Rowling's tales about the boy wizard are on top of the request list for the camp's 520 al Qaeda and Taliban suspects, followed by Agatha Christie whodunits.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050808-121804-4322r.htm
Congress wants to limit which spells are allowed.
"I read that one of the "torture" methods is for a female guard to read Harry Potter aloud to the terrorist prisoner. "
and I read an interview with a british detainee captured in Afghanistan who was release. He said they would "torture" the Afghan and Saudi Al Quaida guys by having a naked woman talk to them. He said "we (the British prisoners) kept asking for the same torture but they never got it."