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Torture Memo: Detainees Can Be Naked In Front Of Women, Causing "Pyschological Discomfort" For "Modest" Detainees
From one of the May 2005 OLC memos by Steven Bradbury:
Nudity. This technique is used to cause psychological discomfort, particularly if a detainee, for cultural or other reasons, is especially modest ... [I]nterrogators can exploit the detainee's fear of being seen naked. In addition, female officers involved in the interrogation process may see the detainees naked; and for purposes of our analysis, we will assume that detainees subjected to nudity as an interrogation technique are aware that they may be seen naked by female.
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So much for treating suspects with dignity, never mind with due process.
April 16, 2009 7:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Until these crimes are prosecuted we are all accessories.
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April 16, 2009 8:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would that responsible department be the circular file?
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April 16, 2009 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
These heinous bastards tortured innocent Iraqi's for information on the location of non existing WMD's in a vain attempt to cover their asses for starting an illegal war.
Enjoy.
April 16, 2009 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
So condoms are the devil's work, but male nude strip shows for the female guards, perfectly fine? And I don't even wnat to get in the homosexual-porn-like photos of naked men towers in Abu Ghraib.
Freud could write a book on these folks.
April 16, 2009 11:14 PM | Reply | Permalink