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According to the log, al-Qahtani experienced several of those over the next five weeks. The techniques Rumsfeld balked at included ''use of a wet towel or dripping water to induce the misperception of suffocation.'' And I thought Rumy was a tough guy. ''Our Armed Forces are trained,'' a Pentagon memo on the changes read, ''to a standard of interrogation that reflects a tradition of restraint.'' Nevertheless, the log shows that interrogators poured bottles of water on al-Qahtani’s head when he refused to drink. Interrogators called this game ''Drink Water or Wear It.'' I believe they call this the American Water Torture
Dripping Water or Playing Christina Aguilera Music: After the new measures are approved, the mood in al-Qahtani’s interrogation booth changes dramatically The reporter was an embed. He knows the mood exactly. Well, actually he was getting telemetry from al-Q's mood ring.. The interrogation sessions lengthen. The way classes lengthen from middle school to high school and high school to college. The quizzing now starts at midnight Yikes, all-nighters!, and when Detainee 063 dozes off, interrogators rouse him by dripping water on his head or playing Christina Aguilera music That's a Geneva buster, fer sher. . According to the log, his handlers at one point perform a puppet show ''satirizing the detainee’s involvement with al-Qaeda. They should have replayed Mr. Rogers and his little king puppets. That's PBS approved. '' He is taken to a new interrogation booth, which is decorated with pictures of 9/11 victims, American flags and red lights. He has to stand for the playing of the U.S. national anthem.Yup, just like my high school His head and beard are shaved. He is returned to his original interrogation booth. A picture of a 9/11 victim is taped to his trousers. Al-Qahtani repeats that he will ''not talk until he is interrogated the proper way.'' "Put him in the chopper, boys." At 7 a.m. on Dec. 4, after a 12-hour, all-night session, he is put to bed for a four-hour nap, TIME reports.
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