On 2011-03-20 04:10 , Bob W wrote:
There's an enormous difference between undergoing something voluntarily for
training, carried out by people on your own side, in conditions where you
are in control, where you know the outcome and you know when it will end,
and being subjected to the same thing by your enemies [...]
what's more, one point i've seen made is that the waterboarding done for
training is really not the same; only reference i can come up with for
now is the wikipedia article on waterboarding:
declassified Justice Department report:
"One of the psychiatrist / interrogators acknowledged that the Agency's
use of the technique is different from that used in SERE training
because it is 'for real' and is more poignant and convincing."
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding#U.S._Military_survival_training>
(such as it is, the whole article full of fascinating points and references)
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