Iraqi prisoner abuse is Standard Operating Procedure

[Gordon25]

Before anyone gets too carried away with all the * administration exclamations of shock and outrage and horror at the treatment of the Iraqi prisoners documented in the recently revealed photos, it would be wise to acquaint yourself with the CIA manual for interrogations. Here is just a snippet followed by a link.

"L. Conclusion

"A brief summary of the foregoing may help to pull the major concepts of coercive interrogation together:

"1. The principal coercive techniques are arrest, detention, the deprivation of sensory stimuli, threats and fear, debility, pain, heightened suggestibility and hypnosis, and drugs.

"2. If a coercive technique is to be used, or if two or more are to be employed jointly, they should be chosen for their effect upon the individual and carefully selected to match his personality.

"3. The usual effect of coercion is regression. The interrogatee's mature defenses crumbles as he becomes more childlike. During the process of regression the subject may experience feelings of guilt, and it is usually useful to intensify these."

http://www.parascope.com/articles/0397/kub_ix.htm

So much for the "just a few bad apples" defense.

Gordon25