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July 02, 2008

Oh Crap

Disgusting... American interrogators were instructed in the ways of Chinese torture techniques.

Mr. Biderman’s 1957 article described “one form of torture” used by the Chinese as forcing American prisoners to stand “for exceedingly long periods,” sometimes in conditions of “extreme cold.” Such passive methods, he wrote, were more common than outright physical violence. Prolonged standing and exposure to cold have both been used by American military and C.I.A. interrogators against terrorist suspects.

The chart also listed other techniques used by the Chinese, including “Semi-Starvation,” “Exploitation of Wounds,” and “Filthy, Infested Surroundings,” and with their effects: “Makes Victim Dependent on Interrogator,” “Weakens Mental and Physical Ability to Resist,” and “Reduces Prisoner to ‘Animal Level’ Concerns.”

"Exploitation of wounds." Even at the end, the Bush dark ride only seems to get darker.

UPDATE: For the record, Senator McCain supports allowing the CIA to use torture.

Posted By Bob Cesca | July 2, 2008 08:27 AM | DIGG THIS

Comments

Bill Cohen was on MSNBC this morning and was asked about this (funny, they don't ask people actually running for office these questions!). He decried the use of torture, saying that not only does it not work, but it gives future captors of Americans an excuse to torture them. I would swear he said (paraphrasing here) that since McCain was a victim of such torture, we need to McCain's objections to such techniques. No one mentioned that McCain voted against an anti-torture bill! Seems that even people who should know better (like Bush, who thanked McCain for his work supporting the GI benefits bill!) think he's a supporter of truth, justice, and the American Way. And we can't correct them, because that constitutes attacking McCain and making him cry.

Posted by: ceu [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 2, 2008 08:54 AM

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