I mentioned this is a comment, and was asked to diary it.
Short diary, but a pretty goddam nasty subject.
The crowd is getting ugly. Soldiers roll up in a Hummer. Suddenly, the whole right half of your body is screaming in agony. You feel like you've been dipped in molten lava. You almost faint from shock and pain, but instead you stumble backwards -- and then start running. To your surprise, everyone else is running too. In a few seconds, the street is completely empty.
You've just been hit with a new nonlethal weapon that has been certified for use in Iraq -- even though critics argue there may be unforeseen effects.
According to documents obtained for Wired News under federal sunshine laws, the Air Force's Active Denial System, or ADS, has been certified safe after lengthy tests by military scientists in the lab and in war games.
I can't believe they let this go out. Like tasers, this is not "nonlethal," it is "less lethal."
What happens when the beam sweeps across your eyeballs? I haven't seen much mentioned about that.
What happens when you fall down and go boom?
How much you wanna bet there's a "mini" version for torture enhanced debriefing?
Imagine that. Intense motherfucking pain, with no visible marks. Just the word of a terrorist that they were tortured.
Nah...never happen.