Andy Worthington and the connections: James Mitchel, Bruce James, CIA architects of the torture program, propaganda and more

The Dark Desires of Bruce Jessen, the Architect of Bush’s Torture Program, As Revealed by His Former Friend and Colleague

by Andy Worthington - March 28, 2010


"Jessen’s template for the “full exploitation” of prisoners, rather than just their interrogation, was designed to be used for propaganda purposes, “or other needs [of] the detaining power, such as the recruitment of informers and double agents.” As he added, “Those aspects of the US detainee program have not generally been discussed as part of the torture story in the American press.”

Full article at:


http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/03/28/the-dark-desires-of-bruce-jessen-the-architect-of-bushs-torture-program-as-revealed-by-his-former-friend-and-colleague/

Former SERE Instructor Capt. Michael Kearns on the rush rush doing torture, Bruce Jessen, Air Force psyc ( CIA contractor) and more

Former SERE Instructor Capt. Michael Kearns About The Bush Administration’s Torture Program

By The Public Record
The Public Record
Mar 24th, 2011

Youtube Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ReP1MLeVD78

OR

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/205:exclusive-cia-psychologists-notes-reveal-true-purpose-behind-bushs-torture-program



Image of John Bruce Jessen's handwritten notes outlining the torture program are available at Jason Leopold and Jeff Kaye Truthout Investigative Report published March 22, 2011 at:

(full article)
http://www.truth-out.org/cia-psychologists-notes-reveal-bushs-torture-program68542

James Mitchel and Brice James are both psychologists who, under contract to the CIA, are credited as being the architects of the government's top-secret torture


Jason Leopold is the Deputy Managing Editor at Truthout. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller, "News Junkie," a memoir. Visit jasonleopold.com for a preview.

Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist living in Northern California, writes regularly on torture and other subjects for Firedoglake. He also maintains a personal blog, Invictus. His email address is sfpsych gmail dot com.

"Specials" and "ALL SCIENTISTS, ALL SCIENTISTS !!!"

About the "Torture Program", a very interesting post at Invictus Blog - March 22, 2011


"Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture Program"


http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html


Extracts:

"One of the primary reasons exploitation is used on prisoners is to produce false confessions. Indeed, it was the torture of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi that was used to provide the false intelligence about Saddam Hussein seeking nuclear materials that was to provide a major casus belli for the United States for their war with Iraq. "

"Up until now, the primary narrative surrounding the torture scandal has been about the purported efficacy of using torture to produce intelligence in the "war on terror." But the new Jessen material demonstrates that the program used as the basis for the "reverse-engineering" of the SERE torture techniques was a full-blown exploitation program, whose aims went far beyond the mere elicitation of information, but included the physical and psychological pressures to produce absolute compliance in prisoners for the purpose of false confessions, show trials, recruitment of spies, and medical experimentation."

"My end of the bargain was that I had to verbally repeat my story, agreeing with anything they added, even when they dictated my thoughts, beliefs and actions incorrectly. They also fed me things to say about other detainees as well. I did so obediently, even though I knew they were all lies."

POST AT:

http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.html

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By the way, where are the so brave, non ordinary, "special" "compliance scientists" who proudly embraced "interrogations" and who knows whatever else?
Shouldn't these powerful and righteous "all professionals" , all "scientists" be speaking about their achievements with pride?

George Bush did...

And since they are , or believe to be , "special" , non ordinary people and above all "having more power than Bush", they should step up to their "values" and proudly take responsibility for their "scientific achievements". Isn't that how it should be?

Or are they, men and women, soooooo brave in the shadows but cowards in the light ?

"...choose you this day whom ye will serve.." Joshua 24:15

Obscenity and Sadism Galore : CIA's formula to "learned helplessness"

In a 19-page document, entitled “Background Paper on CIA’s Combined Use of Interrogation Techniques” and dated Dec. 30, 2004, the CIA describes the process they refer to as providing an "effective interrogation" methodology. It includes repeated references to keeping captives naked as part of the strategy for" breaking down their resistance."


Below, link to an article by Robert Parry published on March 4, 2011 (originally published September 12, 2009)

(Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. He founded Consortiumnews.com in 1995 as the Internet's first investigative magazine.)

Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity

"The CIA shared with George W. Bush’s Justice Department the details of how an interrogation strategy – with an emphasis on forced nudity and physical abuse – could train prisoners in “learned helplessness” and demonstrate “the complete control of Americans.”

Full article HERE:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/030411b.html

U.S. Chamber of Commerce plots against "opponents"

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been working with “private security” and lobbying firms to attack and undermine "opponents".

The companies involved are, among others, Hunton and Williams, whose attorneys solicited private security firms HB Gary Federal, Palantir, and Berico Technologies (Team Themis collectively) to develop a sabotage campaign against certain "opponents".

The private spy company investigated members of the family, including children, of the so called U.S. Chamber of Commerce "opponents".

Aaron Barr, an executive at HB Gary Federal circulated emails and documents with personal lives details and even photos of the opponents' family including their children.

Details were revealed by one of the targets of the action - ThinkProgress.org.

In an email from Aaron Barr to Hunton & Williams attorney John Woods, he points out to the need of reducing exposure so that he won't be identified and shows how Woods and another fellow Hunton attorney Richard Wyatt are "vulnerable" in social media.

The three security companies - Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies - were also implicated in a plot to target the online whistleblower WikiLeaks and some of its prominent supporters

Full Article at ThinkProgress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/10/chamberleaks-target-families/

Torture Confessions: "Tell Me What the Thruth Is !"

GOYA - 1746-1828

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828)


Guillotine
Goya - 1824-1828









Los Caprichos
Goya - 1799










Cannibals - From the series "Disasters of War"
Goya - 1800-1805





"Qué hai que hacer mas? " (English: "What more can one do?" )
From the series "Disasters of War"
Goya - 1800-1805

Goya's Ghosts - The Movie

"TELL ME WHAT THE TRUTH IS! "

The Spanish Inquisition, the rape and torture of Ines, Goya's view on Torture: "People will confess to anything under torture"

Trailer

"...choose you this day whom ye will serve.." Joshua 24:15

Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is being reported as the possible next president of Egypt.

It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"

"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).

Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman




No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.

A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"

"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."

Black Ops Mercenaries servicing the Canadian military

The Nation Magazine - September 15, 2010
by Jeremy Scahill

The article at:
http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops

Interview:

"THIS IS YOUR BREAK!!!" - JAMES BOND'S GADGETS (genitals being one of them...) - w/Eddie Izzard