[Steve Eisenberg]

"Depending on who interrogates him and where, several Al Qaeda operations in the planning, preparation, and execution may be disrupted," says Rohan Gunaratna, an Al Qaeda expert at St. Andrews University in Scotland.

A low level guy might break under interrogation, but not a fellow like this. Of course they should try to get him talking in case he spills something by accident, but he probably won't. As for the idea that the Pakistanis can get it out of him with sodium pentathol or God knows what physical pressure, the answer is still no. Good thing we got him, though.

[angkor]

Oh, there's probably a pharmaceutical regimen that'll induce him to talk.