Diane E. Beaver is an American lawyer and former officer in the United States Army. In October 2002, when Beaver worked for the Army's Judge Advocate General Corps, she drafted a legal opinion advocating for the legality of harsh interrogation techniques that were being proposed for use at Guantanamo, including * waterboarding; * exposure to extremes of temperature; * the use of non-injurious physical contact; and * "scenarios designed to convince the detainee that death or severely painful consequences are imminent for him and/or his family." {| class="wikitable" border="1" | |}