Philip Zimbardo
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I believe they were good apples when they got there. And somebody put them in a very bad barrel. And that barrel looks exactly like the prison study. So I got to know really everything there is to know about Albert Grave.
The only abuses happened in that prison on the night shift. None happened on a day shift. And it turns out in Abu Ghraib was part of the unit, was the center of interrogation. So you have military intelligence with its set of interrogators interrogating. Now, they're not getting any information.
The only abuses happened in that prison on the night shift. None happened on a day shift. And it turns out in Abu Ghraib was part of the unit, was the center of interrogation. So you have military intelligence with its set of interrogators interrogating. Now, they're not getting any information.
The only abuses happened in that prison on the night shift. None happened on a day shift. And it turns out in Abu Ghraib was part of the unit, was the center of interrogation. So you have military intelligence with its set of interrogators interrogating. Now, they're not getting any information.
For the military, it's called actionable intelligence because what happened was when the insurgency broke out, the military was caught blind. They had no idea this was going to happen. So they start arresting all men and boys around explosion. So they had no information. But now they're interrogating them and they're getting nothing.
For the military, it's called actionable intelligence because what happened was when the insurgency broke out, the military was caught blind. They had no idea this was going to happen. So they start arresting all men and boys around explosion. So they had no information. But now they're interrogating them and they're getting nothing.
For the military, it's called actionable intelligence because what happened was when the insurgency broke out, the military was caught blind. They had no idea this was going to happen. So they start arresting all men and boys around explosion. So they had no information. But now they're interrogating them and they're getting nothing.
So military intelligence goes to the head of military police and says, we need your guys to help us. They got to prepare the prisoners for interrogation, break them, take the gloves off, all these euphemism. And so when we interrogate them, they're going to spill the beans.
So military intelligence goes to the head of military police and says, we need your guys to help us. They got to prepare the prisoners for interrogation, break them, take the gloves off, all these euphemism. And so when we interrogate them, they're going to spill the beans.
So military intelligence goes to the head of military police and says, we need your guys to help us. They got to prepare the prisoners for interrogation, break them, take the gloves off, all these euphemism. And so when we interrogate them, they're going to spill the beans.
And then in three months, no senior officer ever goes down to the dungeon to see what's happening. So this gives them complete liberty to reproduce the Sanford Prison Study in spades, namely to do whatever you want. The guards were not part of the interrogation team. They were simply humiliating, tormenting the prisoners to break their will. So this is the clearest situational variable.
And then in three months, no senior officer ever goes down to the dungeon to see what's happening. So this gives them complete liberty to reproduce the Sanford Prison Study in spades, namely to do whatever you want. The guards were not part of the interrogation team. They were simply humiliating, tormenting the prisoners to break their will. So this is the clearest situational variable.
And then in three months, no senior officer ever goes down to the dungeon to see what's happening. So this gives them complete liberty to reproduce the Sanford Prison Study in spades, namely to do whatever you want. The guards were not part of the interrogation team. They were simply humiliating, tormenting the prisoners to break their will. So this is the clearest situational variable.
They give guards total power with no oversight, recipe for abuse. And in fact, what they said was, every time an explosion goes off and one of your buddies dies, his blood is on your hands explicitly. So it's not like these guys were getting off on a torture. Essentially, it's you are part of our national security realm.
They give guards total power with no oversight, recipe for abuse. And in fact, what they said was, every time an explosion goes off and one of your buddies dies, his blood is on your hands explicitly. So it's not like these guys were getting off on a torture. Essentially, it's you are part of our national security realm.
They give guards total power with no oversight, recipe for abuse. And in fact, what they said was, every time an explosion goes off and one of your buddies dies, his blood is on your hands explicitly. So it's not like these guys were getting off on a torture. Essentially, it's you are part of our national security realm.
And if you remember, you know, in the war, it was everybody is for us or against us. So really, if you don't do this, you know, you're suspect.
And if you remember, you know, in the war, it was everybody is for us or against us. So really, if you don't do this, you know, you're suspect.
And if you remember, you know, in the war, it was everybody is for us or against us. So really, if you don't do this, you know, you're suspect.
So the guards got sucked in. But then, as we said earlier, it's now the night shift. So the biggest contributor to evil is boredom. And so you're bored. You've got 12 hours to kill in places filled with stress and danger. And the only playthings are prisoners. And most of the prisoners are already naked. And it's never been the case we have female guards with naked prisoners.