… put into practice in real war interrogation tactics… Now, imagine, just imagine, this being used on our own citizens, as the School of the Americas taught countless military heads on South América to use against their own citizens. Think this is farfetched? Think again.
Documents Tell of Brutal Improvisation by GIs
The sleeping bag was the idea of a soldier who remembered how his older brother used to force him into one, and how scared and vulnerable it made him feel. Senior officers in charge of the facility near the Syrian border believed that such “claustrophobic techniques” were approved ways to gain information from detainees, part of what military regulations refer to as a “fear up” tactic, according to military court documents.