Army tells Fox popular '24' TV series promotes torture in Iraq prisons

February 25, 2007
Army tells Fox popular '24' TV series promotes torture in Iraq prisons

MIAMI, FL, USA -- After prison guards began torturing Iraqi prisoners using methods they saw on Fox TV's popular "24" series, US Army Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan warned the show's producers "24" was negatively impacting the training and performance of American troops.

Finnegan, dean of the US Military Academy at West Point, accompanied by veteran military and FBI interrogators, met with "24's" creative team in southern California in November to tell them "I'd like them to stop. They should do a show where torture backfires," according to an article in the February 19-26 issue of The New Yorker, by Jane Mayer.