Comments on: US Torture Methods Planned and Supervised by Psychologists http://hungryblues.net/2007/06/01/us-torture-planned-and-supervised/ Ben Greenberg's Weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Benjamin T. Greenberg http://hungryblues.net/2007/06/01/us-torture-planned-and-supervised/comment-page-1/#comment-39903 Benjamin T. Greenberg Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:27:24 +0000 http://hungryblues.net/2007/06/01/us-torture-planned-and-supervised/#comment-39903 Thanks, Michael. I had glanced at it and felt I'd read related material in Alfred McCoy's book, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3dvhoa" rel="nofollow">A Question of Torture</a>. There, McCoy has <a href="http://tinyurl.com/386rk2" rel="nofollow">a disturbing passage</a> on how post-WWII the US had recruited German scientists involved in Nazi physiological and psychological experiments. That is we drew directly on Nazi expertise to develop the science behind US psychological torture. Now that I read Sullivan more closely, I see that he goes into greater detail than I remember McCoy did about the German uses of "enhanced" techniques. It is absolutely chilling to think about McCoy and Sullivan together. Thanks, Michael. I had glanced at it and felt I’d read related material in Alfred McCoy’s book, A Question of Torture. There, McCoy has a disturbing passage on how post-WWII the US had recruited German scientists involved in Nazi physiological and psychological experiments. That is we drew directly on Nazi expertise to develop the science behind US psychological torture.

Now that I read Sullivan more closely, I see that he goes into greater detail than I remember McCoy did about the German uses of “enhanced” techniques. It is absolutely chilling to think about McCoy and Sullivan together.

]]> By: Michael M. http://hungryblues.net/2007/06/01/us-torture-planned-and-supervised/comment-page-1/#comment-39897 Michael M. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:51:45 +0000 http://hungryblues.net/2007/06/01/us-torture-planned-and-supervised/#comment-39897 Did you read this <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/05/verschfte_verne.html" rel="nofollow">post</a>? I caught it <a href="http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/05/13754.html" rel="nofollow">via</a> <a href="http://kottke.org/" rel="nofollow">Kottke</a>. Did you read this post? I caught it via Kottke.

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