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Pajamas Media: Some Jewish Americans believe that their countrymen will blame them if things go bad with Iran. Judith Weiss thinks that a little change of perspective is in order. (via Cosmos)
Alabama Improper: Now the interrogators could use stress strategies like standing for prolonged periods, isolation for as long as 30 days, removal of clothing, forced shaving of facial hair, playing on “individual phobias” (such as dogs) and “mild, non-injurious physical contact such as grabbing, poking in the chest with the finger and light pushing.” According to the log, al-Qahtani experienced several of those over the next five weeks. The techniques Rumsfeld balked at included “use of a wet towel or dripping water to induce the misperception of suffocation.” “Our Armed Forces are trained,” a Pentagon memo on the changes read, “to a standard of interrogation that reflects a tradition of restraint.” Nevertheless, the log shows that interrogators poured bottles of water on al-Qahtani’s head when he refused to drink. (via Cosmos)
PA Pundits: (TIME) The interrogation log of Detainee 063 provides the first internal look at the highly classified realm of Gitmo interrogations since the detention camp opened four years ago. Chief Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita tells TIME that the log was compiled by various uniformed interrogators and observers on the Pentagon’s Joint Task Force at Gitmo as the interrogation proceeded. (via Cosmos)
Castro's Favorite Color: The military, under the direction of the current secretary of defense, abused al-Qahtani to a degree that horrified at least one Army investigator, allegedly forced a confession out of him, and then government officials trumpeted him as the definitive 20th hijacker. Now it turns out all that -- the sleep deprivation, the humiliation, the 'degrading and abusive' treatment -- may have been aimed at the wrong man." (via Cosmos)
[Pajamasmedia.com] Pajamas Media: The Secrets of Gitmo: Fear Up/Harsh, Pride/Ego Down, the Futility Approach, the Circumstantial Evidence Theme, “mild, non-injurious physical contact such as grabbing, poking in the chest with the finger and light pushing”, dripping water on his head or playing Christina Aguilera music. But the moment the 20th hijacker starts to break is when his tormentors use the “Invasion of Space by a Female.
[Mcculloughsite.net] Stingray: a blog for salty Christians: The quizzing now starts at midnight, and when Detainee 063 dozes off, interrogators rouse him by dripping water on his head or playing Christina Aguilera music. According to the log, his handlers at one point perform a puppet show [emphasis by Stingray: oh, the humanity!] “satirizing the detainee’s involvement with al-Qaeda.”
[The third space] Detainee 063: The agents reported seeing or hearing of “highly aggressive interrogation techniques.” The letter singles out the treatment of al-Qahtani in September and October of 2002””before the log obtained by TIME begins””saying a dog was used “in an aggressive manner to intimidate Detainee #63.” The FBI letter said al-Qahtani had been “subjected to intense isolation for over three months” and “was evidencing behavior consistent with extreme psychological trauma (talking to non existent people, reporting hearing voices, crouching in a cell covered with a sheet for hours on end).” The Justice Department and the Pentagon have opened separate investigations into the charges. A Pentagon official tells TIME he expects that many of those charges will prove to be unfounded.
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