No Logo author Naomi Klein, writing on CiF, about the trial of José Padilla, who is facing terrorism charges and claims that US interrogation techniques have left him unable to stand against the charges: -
There is no need to go so far back to prove that the US military knew full well that it was driving Padilla mad. The army’s field manual, reissued just last year, states: “Sensory deprivation may result in extreme anxiety, hallucinations, bizarre thoughts, depression, and antisocial behaviour” - as well as “significant psychological distress”.
If these techniques drove Padilla insane, that means the US government has been deliberately driving hundreds, possibly thousands, of prisoners insane around the world. What is on trial in Florida is not one man’s mental state. It is the whole system of US psychological torture.
It’s an interesting case which examines the government’s complicity in the alleged torture of detainees.
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I don’t know which is worse: war or torture, and in torture mental torture is the worst, no doubt.
This US government is driving millions of people round the world insane, without taking them into custody and torturing them.