Taxi to the Dark Side Page #6

And they would use some of the most menacing

Interrogators to create this sense of threat.

One of those was Damien Corsetti.

[PFC. Damien Corsetti, 519th Mil-Intel Unit, Bagram, Afgan] With the screening, you're trying to instill what's called "The Shock of Capture",

When the person first comes in. And that's when they are most apt to give you information

'cause they're just like, "Oh, crap, what's going on?"

It's not just a disorientation procedure, it's actually a terrorizing procedure.

It's designed to terrify you into spilling the beans, as it were.

Being spat at. Being sworn at. Having the dogs barking around. Cameras flashing in your face.

[SGT. Thomas Curtis, Mil-Pol, Bagram] Keep in mind, in their culture,

That dog's more shocking to them than it is to us.

Kind of like a woman telling them what to do. You know, it's a cultural thing.

So you get more bang for your buck, you know, with a dog.

[Moazzam Begg, British subject detained at Bagram and Guantanamo 2002-2005] And then to be re-shackled, completely naked,

and to do what they call "The Body Search,"

The cavity search, and then to be questioned naked, shivering.

[PFC. Willie Brand, Mil-Pol, Bagram] After they are read their rules and everything,

They are taken to their cell, to where they're going to be put in sleep deprivation for 24 hours.

That's standard for everybody.

Then, from there, MI directs us that they can go to general population, or if they have to stay in isolation.

And if they are going to stay in isolation, If they are going to be allowed to sleep.

And if they can, then when.

To weaken the defenses of detainees,

Interrogators ordered Mil-Pol to find ways of keeping the prisoners awake.

[SGT. Thomas Curtis, Mil-Pol, Bagram] You know, they are in that room not saying anything...

"Oh, well, maybe he knows a little bit more.

Let's let him, you know, lose a little bit more sleep."

Which is the idea of keeping them like this, so you won't sleep. You'll stand.

Because as soon as you let your body go, that pressure on your wrist and your arms

You're going to feel that with those cuffs on.

[PFC. Damien Corsetti, 519th Mil-Intel Unit, Bagram, Afgan] The only time the MPs would ever help us do anything would be to keep them on a sleep schedule.

You know, they are guaranteed so much sleep.

Is that sleep consistent? Is it uninterrupted?

You know, there's 15 minutes here, 15 minutes there.

Who knows? That's how it was proposed to us.

[SGT. Thomas Curtis, Mil-Pol, Bagram] There would be a board, when you walked into the room, on his wall.

You might see an arrow going up to the ceiling.

And there would be maybe a "1" by it. So that would be an hour up.

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