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To: GST who wrote (205600)	10/11/2006 10:38:07 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 281500

The torture that prisoners receive is exactly the same torture that we subject our aircrewmen and special forces to in SERE school, actually they seem to get more: Resistance and escape The "Resistance and Escape" component of SERE focuses on resistance and survival in captivity. Despite constituting only a small portion of the whole training, it is often regarded as mysterious and controversial, despite, or perhaps because of, the dearth of verified information regarding its actual content. The majority of this portion of the course is classified Secret by the United States government. Several official sites exist to give a general overview of the curricula. The training has been widely reported to provide a realistic simulation of harsh and abusive interrogation techniques including: extreme temperatures waterboarding - being tied to a board with the feet higher than the head and having water poured into the nose noise stress - playing very loud and dissonant music and sound effects. Recordings have been reported to include babies wailing inconsolably, cats meowing, and irritating music (including a record by Yoko Ono)[1] sexual embarrassment religious dilemma - being given the choice of seeing a religious book desecrated or revealing secrets to interrogators. flag desecration prolonged cramped or restrictive confinement sleep deprivation starvation mock execution overcoming food aversion (eating bugs, roadkill, dumpster diving, urine drinking) height/water/enclosed spaces physical beating "stress inoculation" en.wikipedia.org