Visitation searchers balance efficiency, safety, humane treatment in Iraq
May 28th, 2009
He could feel it. The detainee was giving off "the vibe" that three months of working the visitation center at the theater internment facility here had taught him to detect. The Altus, Okla., native continued to search in the efficient, humane and dignified way he was taught, waiting for the "tell" that would give away what the man was hiding and where.
The detainee glanced down at just the wrong moment, and Airman Lopez had him. The find: a rolled up piece of paper with contact information. Contacts for whom, Airman Lopez didn't know, but they weren't getting outside the gate that day.
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