<HTML>Im Artikel wird auch gefragt, ob das Active Denial System und andere Directed Energy Weapons, die Schmerzen hervorrufen ohne sichtbare Spuren zu hinterlassen, nicht zu Folterungen missbraucht werden können:
"... if weapons like the Active Denial System leave no mark on a victim's body, couldn't they be used for torture? 'There's always that potential,' Cordone concedes. And Goose adds, 'What happens when some of these weapons get into the hands of militaries with poor human rights records?' He paints an Orwellian picture in which repressive regimes obtain nonlethal weapons to keep restive populations in check without resorting to the sort of bloodshed that can earn a country unwanted attention...."</HTML>
