Reminder: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" was originally a term coined by the Gestapo

[kpete]

Reminder

by Steven D
Thu May 14th, 2009 at 11:57:36 AM EST

"Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" was originally a term coined by the (wait for it) Gestapo. Something to consider when you hear someone (typically a Republican politician) using that term as a substitute for torture.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/5/14/115736/710



The phrase "Verschärfte Vernehmung" is German for "enhanced interrogation". Other translations include "intensified interrogation" or "sharpened interrogation". It's a phrase that appears to have been concocted in 1937, to describe a form of torture that would leave no marks, and hence save the embarrassment pre-war Nazi officials were experiencing as their wounded torture victims ended up in court.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/05/verschfte_verne.html

[Fresh_Start]

1. Gestapo also took photos nt

nt

[mmonk]

2. I've never forgotten even though people are programmed

to have a knee jerk reaction when you bring such facts to light.

[underpants]

3. and the techniques they used followed communist China

China, as you know, used them to elicit false confessions for propaganda purposes
while these guys thought they could use them to elicit facts

[Winterblues]

4. Sounds like the Gestapo was even more civilized than the USA

Hanging one by their wrists wasn't included in their techniques nor was putting insects into a coffin sized box with a naked prisoner.

[kentuck]

5. Truly.

Sad.

[Swamp Rat]

6. Look to Donald Rumsfeld and his "Strategic Support Branch" (The American Gestapo)

Rumsefeld is a Nazi and should be tried in the World court as such for crimes against humanity.

(snip)

"SSB was created with "reprogrammed funds" that fall outside the oversight of congressional appropriations. Operations handled by the SSB also falls outside of congressional oversight. This has given Rumsfeld a fully operating intelligence arm run and regulated by him for the last two years. "

(snip)

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Strategic_Support_Branch

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Support_Branch
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29414-2005Jan22.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jan/24/usa.danglaister
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=strategic_support_branch,_or_project_icon

[NightWatcher]

7. first there was "Homeland" which reaked of Vaterland, now this