Torture Methods Quotes
Earlier in the manual, the illegality of such techniques is stated. Later there are suggestions for the use of duress. See {597790}
The “third degree” was widely used by police throughout the nation. It was in relatively progressive New York City that the practice was first widely investigate, exposed and curtailed. Most of the country followed suit, but unfortunately, the practice still exists, but is much less common than in the 1930s.
The reason for these creative phrases was that President George W, Bush had publicly stated that it was United States policy to follow American and International Law and the U. S. does “not torture”. The CIA then decided that it should destroy the videos of the episodes where these euphemisms were used when they were accused of torture and there were calls for prosecution for violation of U. S. law.
Several American soldiers have been court marshalled and found guilty of illegal torture for Warterboarding prisoners to induce them to provide information. Most experts agree that intelligence received this way is highly unreliable in that victims will say anything they think the torturer wants to hear to get the torture to stop.
The school was one of the more notorious concentration camps where tens of thousands of Argentines were tortured and murdered. It was also known as the Argentine Auschwitz.
American officers were court martialed for the torture and other atrocities. Waterboarding was then called the “water cure” and has always been illegal. After 9-11, the U.S. allowed the torture and referred to it as “enhanced interrogation.”
