Guantanamo Bay torture "inspired by 24's Jack Bauer"
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/19/humanrights.interrogationtechniques
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In this amazing article, published this weekend, a military lawyer from the infamous detention centre reveals that TV drama 24 formed the basis of new and controversial interrogation techniques for use on suspected terrorists.
The new torture methods (detailed in full the article) included 'water-boarding' and stress positions such as standing for a maximum of four hours and were signed off by Donald Rumsfield who added a comment at the bottom of the official document: "I stand for eight to 10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?"
The new techniques raised concern amongst some of those who witnessed them. FBI agents went on record with their concerns, as did various psychologists and investigators who reviewed the site.
The Supreme Court later overturned President Bush's Geneva decision (that none of the detainees at Guantanamo, whether Taliban of al-Qaida, could rely on the protections granted by the Geneva conventions), ruling that it was unlawful. By that time, however, a number of new, disputed interrogation techniques, inspired by a fictional counter-terrorism agent, had already been used on a number of detainees.
Ironically, last year the US military criticised the award-winning series, saying it encouraged soldiers to see torture as a justifiable weapon against terror suspects.
The new torture methods (detailed in full the article) included 'water-boarding' and stress positions such as standing for a maximum of four hours and were signed off by Donald Rumsfield who added a comment at the bottom of the official document: "I stand for eight to 10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?"
The new techniques raised concern amongst some of those who witnessed them. FBI agents went on record with their concerns, as did various psychologists and investigators who reviewed the site.
The Supreme Court later overturned President Bush's Geneva decision (that none of the detainees at Guantanamo, whether Taliban of al-Qaida, could rely on the protections granted by the Geneva conventions), ruling that it was unlawful. By that time, however, a number of new, disputed interrogation techniques, inspired by a fictional counter-terrorism agent, had already been used on a number of detainees.
Ironically, last year the US military criticised the award-winning series, saying it encouraged soldiers to see torture as a justifiable weapon against terror suspects.
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