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Tortur 2.0
Vi torterer ikke fanger, vi anvender unikke og nyskabende forhørsmetoder, forklarer CIA-chef Porter Goss:
This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work.Disse unikke og nyskabende teknikker omfatter seks såkaldte enhanced interrogation techniques:
We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information, and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are legal and none of which are torture.
Goss udtrykker bekymring for, om man fortsat kan få fangerne til at tilstå de samme ting under senator McCains nye torturlov, som ikke mindst Dick Cheney har kæmpet hårdt og indædt imod. Den forbyder "grusom" og "umenneskelig" behandling af amerikanske fanger.
- The Attention Grab: The interrogator forcefully grabs the shirt front of the prisoner and shakes him.
- The Attention Slap: An open-handed slap aimed at causing pain and triggering fear.
- The Belly Slap: A hard open-handed slap to the stomach. The aim is to cause pain, but not internal injury. Doctors consulted advised against using a punch, which could cause lasting internal damage.
- Long Time Standing: This technique is described as among the most effective. Prisoners are forced to stand, handcuffed and with their feet shackled to an eye bolt in the floor for more than 40 hours. Exhaustion and sleep deprivation are effective in yielding confessions.
- The Cold Cell: The prisoner is left to stand naked in a cell kept near 50 degrees. Throughout the time in the cell the prisoner is doused with cold water.
- Water Boarding: The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner’s face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt.
Selv ville jeg gladelig tilstå både atombomben over Hiroshima og dobbeltmordet i Sarajevo efter et par dage med hans "unikke" og "nyskabende" teknikker - men sådan er der jo så meget ...