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US Torture Methods Planned and Supervised by Psychologists

Started by Ben · 8 months ago

A recently declassified report by the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General confirms what many have long been deducing from the available evidence. Interrogation tactics seen at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere—such as sleep deprivation, isolation, sexual hu ... Continue reading »

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  • Did you read this post? I caught it via Kottke.
  • Thanks, Michael. I had glanced at it and felt I'd read related material in Alfred McCoy's book, A Question of Torture. There, McCoy has a disturbing passage on how post-WWII the US had recruited German scientists involved in Nazi physiological and psychological experiments. That is we drew directly on Nazi expertise to develop the science behind US psychological torture.

    Now that I read Sullivan more closely, I see that he goes into greater detail than I remember McCoy did about the German uses of "enhanced" techniques. It is absolutely chilling to think about McCoy and Sullivan together.

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