Tom Drake
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I actually went through everything you heard about later, which became the torture program, which they called enhanced interrogation techniques.
I actually went through everything you heard about later, which became the torture program, which they called enhanced interrogation techniques.
It was torture. Because they reverse engineered it. I went through all of that. I know exactly what it means. I was waterboard a couple of times in a training environment. It feels like you're drowning alive. I was put into pretty interesting stress positions. The one that was the worst was the Chinese water drip.
It was torture. Because they reverse engineered it. I went through all of that. I know exactly what it means. I was waterboard a couple of times in a training environment. It feels like you're drowning alive. I was put into pretty interesting stress positions. The one that was the worst was the Chinese water drip.
It was torture. Because they reverse engineered it. I went through all of that. I know exactly what it means. I was waterboard a couple of times in a training environment. It feels like you're drowning alive. I was put into pretty interesting stress positions. The one that was the worst was the Chinese water drip.
They strap you down and they just slowly drip water onto your forehead.
They strap you down and they just slowly drip water onto your forehead.
They strap you down and they just slowly drip water onto your forehead.
For a while until the point where you just want to itch, itch, and you can't because you're strapped down. And it just goes, you just really get crazy.
For a while until the point where you just want to itch, itch, and you can't because you're strapped down. And it just goes, you just really get crazy.
For a while until the point where you just want to itch, itch, and you can't because you're strapped down. And it just goes, you just really get crazy.
Oh, yeah. But remember, the constraints were, and they had safety monitors, right? It's an attorney environment, but it's extraordinarily realistic.
Oh, yeah. But remember, the constraints were, and they had safety monitors, right? It's an attorney environment, but it's extraordinarily realistic.
Oh, yeah. But remember, the constraints were, and they had safety monitors, right? It's an attorney environment, but it's extraordinarily realistic.
The other one, which a lot of people freaked out in, was the box. something they did later, but that is part of their torture. They stick you in a box and then they close it, meaning they actually, it's a specially designed box. And what they do is they bind it down so that there's no room to move. You cannot move and you're all crouched.
The other one, which a lot of people freaked out in, was the box. something they did later, but that is part of their torture. They stick you in a box and then they close it, meaning they actually, it's a specially designed box. And what they do is they bind it down so that there's no room to move. You cannot move and you're all crouched.
The other one, which a lot of people freaked out in, was the box. something they did later, but that is part of their torture. They stick you in a box and then they close it, meaning they actually, it's a specially designed box. And what they do is they bind it down so that there's no room to move. You cannot move and you're all crouched.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.