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If hearing Barney the dinosaur sing "I Love You" one more time seems like torture, try it on a loop for the next 24 hours.
According to a new piece on the Huffington Post by Andy Worthington, author of "The Guantanamo files," the children's show song that became the musical earworm of the '90s was one of many songs used by the CIA to enhance interrogation techniques in the War on Terror.
Songs used by the CIA varied wildly from children's songs and popular commercial jingles all the way to American hip-hop and death metal.
The variety often was intentional, intended to jar the senses, Worthington said. Prisoners would spend hours listening to a song like "Take Your Best Shot" by the metal band Dope on a constant loop, only to hear it get replaced unceremoniously by the Meow Mix cat food jingle.
In the moment, the juxtaposition of songs was funny. But eventually, it could grow maddening, Worthington writes.
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Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Christina Aguilera is torture lol
catbyte
(34,169 posts)But they used the Meow Mix jingle. Besides being completely heinous & despicable, the CIA engaged in speciesism. And that dreadful "Friday" song. Gack. Something also tells me there aren't many Beliebers at Gitmo.
Wow. I am ashamed that things like this are done to allegedly "protect" us.
daleo
(21,317 posts)Because that would be bad.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)Muzak: Normal when they get on, Ours before they leave...
Exposethefrauds
(531 posts)or there would be mass suicide.
Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, B-52s
..I would have been telling them to crank it up!
However Bieber IS Cruel and Unusual and should be banned per the Geneva Convention.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)and they are blasting that shit at you. Soon you'll do anything to stop it.
Its out of MKUltra.