EXCLUSIVE: CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program

[Charleston Chew]

Source: by: Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye, t r u t h o u t | Investigative Report

Dr. Bruce Jessen's handwritten notes describe some of the torture techniques that were used to "exploit" "war on terror" detainees in custody of the CIA and Department of Defense.

Bush administration officials have long asserted that the torture techniques used on "war on terror" detainees were utilized as a last resort in an effort to gain actionable intelligence to thwart pending terrorist attacks against the United States and its interests abroad.

This diagram was included in a paper written by Dr. Bruce Jessen's and shows his view of the conflicting psychological pressures bearing down on a prisoner who is held captive by an enemy.



Read more: http://www.truth-out.org/cia-psychologists-notes-reveal-bushs-torture-program68542

[Scuba]

1. So Cheney could get his rocks off? n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. Chickenhawk Republicon's debased the honor of the USA

with their phony, lie-based war for oil profits, and their anti-Christian torture freakery..

Ptooooey on Republicon Family Values.

[LoZoccolo]

3. They were trying to come up with techniques to make anyone talk within 24 business hours. n/t

[KurtNYC]

4. Abu Ghraib seemed to be more about blackmail

taking pictures of prisoners in horrible situations to blackmail and control them after their release.

[Demeter]

5. The Purpose of Torture is to Gratify Sadists

and that's why they videotaped it...for repeated replays.

And if you could get a victim to mouth whatever lies you wanted to perpetrate on the government and the public, so much the better.

[EFerrari]

7. The purpose of torture is also to frighten the public at large.

In this case, both the Iraqi and the American public.

[Beam Me Up]

6. Yeah, and torture is how you get patsies to "confess". The 'war on terror' is a scam. n/t

[StarsInHerHair]

8. truth serum + ecstasy............problem solved

nt

[No Elephants]

9. "a last resort in an effort to gain actionable intelligence to thwart pending terrorist attacks "

:eyes:

Why do I get the feeling these "notes" are less than candid?