"The lead interrogator at the DIF had given me specific instructions: I was to deprive the detainee of sleep during my 12-hour shift by opening his cell every hour, forcing him to stand in a corner and stripping him of his clothes. Three years later the tables have turned. It is rare that I sleep through the night without a visit from this man. His memory harasses me as I once harassed him."
Three years later the interrogator is being tortured... by his conscience. In the article he relates that he was appalled by the behavior of his friends and colleagues and was ashamed of his failure of character remaining silent. The most damning statement of all is testament to the major issue involved with torture. Is it effective?
Mr. Fair -
"The violence raging there today is evidence that those tactics never worked. My memories are evidence that those tactics were terribly wrong."
We're still engaged in torture, somehow hoping that it will work.. textbook insanity.
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