Story on NPR that the CIA purchased 5,000 Storms as part of their new intelligence gathering programs. With the restrictions now in place banning water-boarding and other forms of torture, they believe the best legal way to get prisoners to talk is to issue them all Blackberry Storms as their only means of communication until they talk to interrogators.
The frustration of having to use a Storm is being credited for an unprecedented wave of confessions recently. But several Senators are considering legislation that would specifically ban the practice citing concerns that it violates the Geneva Convention. Amnesty International has joined governments worldwide in condemning subjecting prisoners to extended periods of Storm-induced frustration. Unconfirmed reports from unnamed sources in Guantanamo Bay allege that the use of Storm has led to a skyrocketing rate in psychotic breakdowns among prisoners who have been subjected to extended periods of screen dust, reboots and OS .75.
