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Jun. 3rd, 2007 01:41 pm(slightly edited quote alleged to be from The Annals of Neurology and Psychology, 1956:
"The effects of isolation, anxiety, fatigue, lack of sleep, uncomfortable temperatures, and chronic hunger produce disturbances of mood, attitudes and behavior in nearly all prisoners. The living organism cannot entirely withstand such assaults. The (Republicans) Communists do not look upon these assaults as 'torture.' But all of them produce great discomfort, and lead to serious disturbances of many bodily processes; there is no reason to differentiate them from any other form of torture...
The (CIA) KGB hardly ever uses manacles or chains, and rarely resorts to physical beatings. The actual physical beating is, of course, repugnant to overt (Republican) Communist principles and is contrary to (C.I.A.) K.G.B. regulations...
Prisoners are tried before "military tribunals," which are not public courts. Those present are only the interrogator, the state prosecutor, the prisoner, the judges, a few stenographers, and perhaps a few officers of the court...
In typical (Republican) Communist legalistic fashion, the (O.L.C.) N.K.V.D. rationalized its use of torture and pressure in the interrogation of prisoners of war. When it desired to use such methods against a prisoner or to obtain from him a propaganda statement or 'confession,' it simply declared the prisoner an enemy combatant a "war-crimes suspect" and informed him that, therefore, he was not subject to international rules governing the treatment of prisoners of war,"
- "Communist Interrogation,"
The Annals of Neurology and Psychology, 1956.
"The effects of isolation, anxiety, fatigue, lack of sleep, uncomfortable temperatures, and chronic hunger produce disturbances of mood, attitudes and behavior in nearly all prisoners. The living organism cannot entirely withstand such assaults. The (Republicans) Communists do not look upon these assaults as 'torture.' But all of them produce great discomfort, and lead to serious disturbances of many bodily processes; there is no reason to differentiate them from any other form of torture...
The (CIA) KGB hardly ever uses manacles or chains, and rarely resorts to physical beatings. The actual physical beating is, of course, repugnant to overt (Republican) Communist principles and is contrary to (C.I.A.) K.G.B. regulations...
Prisoners are tried before "military tribunals," which are not public courts. Those present are only the interrogator, the state prosecutor, the prisoner, the judges, a few stenographers, and perhaps a few officers of the court...
In typical (Republican) Communist legalistic fashion, the (O.L.C.) N.K.V.D. rationalized its use of torture and pressure in the interrogation of prisoners of war. When it desired to use such methods against a prisoner or to obtain from him a propaganda statement or 'confession,' it simply declared the prisoner an enemy combatant a "war-crimes suspect" and informed him that, therefore, he was not subject to international rules governing the treatment of prisoners of war,"
- "Communist Interrogation,"
The Annals of Neurology and Psychology, 1956.
