Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Torture Playlist

Investigative reporter Justine Sharrock, writing for Mother Jones magazine, discusses how the military has used music as a form of torture to break down detainees without leaving any physical marks. Widely used at Guantanamo and in Iraqi prisons such as Abu Ghraib, the technique involved playing an endless loop of music cranked up loudly just shy of the level capable of rupturing eardrums, depriving the prisoners of sleep.

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