What is mistreatment? Sleep deprivation? Psy ops?
Our government used them against David Koresh for 40 days (grinding up graves with a tank, playing the amplified sound of rabbits being skinned alive, playing “These Boots Are Made For Walking... One Of These Days These Boots Are Gonna Walk All Over You”.
They have recordings from their bugging system. They knew he was suicidal. Whether they lit the flame or drove him to it deliberately, the outcome was the same.
But the Left didn’t speak out about that. Not to the degree that they have condemned waterboarding.
Police departments use coerrcive interrogation techniques too. But I guess that’s okay since we don’t hear those being discussed as horrible either. And that’s more to obtain an “admission” for plea bargain and conviction rather than any matter dealing with interests of national security (investigations that extend beyond a single individual).
There was a time when this Nation had some moral fiber. It seems we are all past that now.