Top Iranian General, Ali Reza Asgari, Disappears in Turkey. Should we Call the ACLU?

It's been a bad month for Iran:

The mysterious disappearance of an Iranian general in Turkey in early February has led to speculation he either was kidnapped or defected. Iran has reportedly asked Interpol to investigate the generals disappearance. One respected analyst with sources in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard says Gen. Ali Reza Asgari has defected and is now in a European country with his entire family, where he is cooperating with the U.S. Other reports have suggested that the general may have been kidnapped by the Israeli secret service, the Mossad.

"This is a fatal blow to Iranian intelligence," said the source, explaining that Asgari knows sensitive information about Iran's nuclear and military projects. Iran called tens of its Revolutionary Guard agents working at embassies and cultural centers in Arab and European countries back to Tehran out of fear that Asgari might disclose secret information about their identities, according to the analyst.

Asgari's years with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian defense ministry would make him an invaluable source of information. He was reportedly based in Lebanon in the 1990s and was in charge of ties with the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Asgari knows sensitive information about Iran's nuclear and military projects. Iran called tens of its Revolutionary Guard agents working at embassies and cultural centers in Arab and European countries back to Tehran out of fear that Asgari might disclose secret information about their identities

OK, so you have a man like that in custody. Do you 1) call your friendly local ACLU lawyer to make sure that his "civil rights" are protected? Or 2) Do you do everything possible to extract potential life-saving intelligence from the man and then trade him back for a concession? ....I'm going with #2.

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