European Union summit gets Gitmo-ised

Earlier, Dick Roche, Irish minister for European Affairs, said leaders were "tantalizingly close" to a deal and only "finessing" final details. No dinner was being served "in an effort to spur them to a deal," he added.

An American contract interrogator at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison described in January interrogation tactics that included a "Sleep/Meal Management Program" using sleep deprivation and diet manipulation to try to get prisoners to give up their secrets.