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To be fair, there has not been evidence of systematical torture since that program was abandoned. That's also sometimes forgotten. And by that I mean that yes,
by bayesian_horse 7y ago
To be fair, there has not been evidence of systematical torture since that program was abandoned. That's also sometimes forgotten.
And by that I mean that yes, there were individual incidents of torture, but they weren't sanctioned and often prosecuted. There might be as of yet unknown incidents or programs, but the space and scope for such would be rather limited, given all that happened since.
- sneak 7y agohttps://www.amnestyusa.org/the-shocking-abuse-of-solitary-confinement-in-u-s-prisons/ https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-shocking-abuse-of-solitary-co... The willingness to torture prisoners arbitrarily, and the unwillingness to police or prosecute or punish the widespread application of torture in prisons is well-distributed and longstanding tradition within the United States. Apparently, it's also fairly common to torture schoolchildren: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/20/illinois-officials-vow-stop-putting-students-solitary-confinement-after-damning-report/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/20/illinois... Additionally, it's sort of hard to say that the incidences in question by the military weren't sanctioned when the CIA actually hacked into Congress to further the coverup.