Complaint Alleges Army Psychologist Advised Interrogators in Torture Techniques

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Interview with Steven Reisner, psychologist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

Complaint Alleges Army Psychologist Advised Interrogators in Torture Techniques

Interview with Steven Reisner, psychologist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

Psychologist Steven Reisner is an outspoken critic of those in his profession who participated in coercive interrogations, or torture, which he says is defined as treatment that injures a prisoner for the purpose of extracting information. Reisner maintains that torture takes many forms, but that emotional and psychological torture techniques -- such as sleep deprivation, isolation and humiliation -- leave more serious, though invisible scars, than the physical tactics usually thought of as torture, such as applying electric shocks or waterboarding.

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