You're going to subscribe to the idea mental torture is somehow less than physical torture? Nope, wrong. Ask anyone who has suffered from a mental illness and ask if their illness was less than a physical illness.
It's against international law and The U.S. Army Field Manual expressly prohibits soldiers from staging mock executions.
>and the interrogator knows the subject has it
Oh really? How does this interrogator know? With 100% probability?
I'm not familiar with interrogation techniques, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say we study them like we study most things, with DATA and FACTS, not just some comment on the internet saying "they say Tell me! or I'll say 'Tell me!' again!'" because there is a good incentive to get the technique right, and people know more than me.
You're going to subscribe to the idea mental torture is somehow less than physical torture? Nope, wrong. Ask anyone who has suffered from a mental illness and ask if their illness was less than a physical illness.
One example.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/five-forms-of-torture.htm#p...
Number 1 - Mock Executions
It's against international law and The U.S. Army Field Manual expressly prohibits soldiers from staging mock executions.
>and the interrogator knows the subject has it
Oh really? How does this interrogator know? With 100% probability?
I'm not familiar with interrogation techniques, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say we study them like we study most things, with DATA and FACTS, not just some comment on the internet saying "they say Tell me! or I'll say 'Tell me!' again!'" because there is a good incentive to get the technique right, and people know more than me.