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Intelligence

By Teju ColeDecember 16, 2014

"So it begins," a medical officer wrote

little or no training

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nudity, and "rough treatment"

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total darkness

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"Such language is not helpful"

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"clearly a broken man"

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"absolutely convincing technique"

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to the point of tears

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sleep

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(Click on images to enlarge. From the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. Montage inspired by Broomberg and Chanarin.)

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