Quote du Jour | Rectal rehydration
Het Amerikaanse senaatsrapport over folteringen door en in opdracht van de CIA is afgelopen dinsdag publiek gemaakt, en de media zijn in een staat van grote verontwaardiging.
The summary is filled with examples of torture and abuse that shock the conscience. For example, at least five CIA detainees were subjected to “rectal rehydration” or “rectal feeding” in order to establish total dominance over the prisoner. Some detainees were placed in ice water “baths.” Others were threatened with handguns and power drills (…) An al Qaeda suspect known as Abu Zubaydah, became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth” during a particularly aggressive session of waterboarding. Another detainee died due to hypothermia in a freezing prison.