How exactly did they torture this person?
“The techniques they used were all authorized, but the manner in which they applied them was overly aggressive and too persistent. . . . You think of torture, you think of some horrendous physical act done to an individual,” she told the Post. “This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of things that had a medical impact on him, that hurt his health. It was abusive and uncalled for.”
Interrogation techniques used on Qahtani included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold. He was hospitalized twice.
The person is still alive which translates to he was not ‘tortured’ enough.
By this definition, a wife's nagging could be called torture. Where's the UN when you need them?
On a serious note, I would point out that water boarding a 21 year old terrorist in good health would have a different effect than water boarding a 50 year old with asthma. Who gets to make that distinction?
“Interrogation techniques used on Qahtani included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold. He was hospitalized twice.”
That’s it?
He was made uncomfortable and even caught a cold twice? My heart frigging bleeds for poor Mr. Wanna-be Hijacker. Except for being naked and alone, I put up with worse in boot camp.
Too many Americans have far too many comforts and conveniences these days that they just take for granted.