enhanced interrogation
Brutal prisoner questioning
Enhanced interrogation is a euphemism for torture, specifically coercive techniques used during questioning of prisoners.
The term gained prominence in the early 2000s when U.S. officials used it to describe methods like waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and stress positions applied to terrorism suspects.
The clinical phrasing distances the practice from its brutal reality: The Senate report detailed the CIA's enhanced interrogation program.
- black siteSecret extrajudicial detention facility
- cellBasic unit of life
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
Abu Ghraib · extraordinary rendition · sensory deprivation · accountability · suggestibility · war crimes · learned helplessness · human rights violations · terrorism · ticking time bomb · national security · international law · legal memo · white noise · truth serum · war on terror · transparency · Guantanamo Bay
- Doublespeakcollateral damage, friendly fire, regime change, neutralize, ethnic cleansing
- military scandalsAbu Ghraib, Iran-Contra, Pentagon Papers, torture, cover-ups
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- military prisonsmilitary prison, military brig, brig, stockade, Leavenworth
- Secret OperationsCOINTELPRO, Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra, covert action, black budget
enhanced interrogationrapport-building
Developing comfortable professional connection
enhanced interrogationhumane treatment
Kind consideration for welfare
enhanced interrogationtorture
Deliberate infliction of suffering
abuse · waterboarding · cruel treatment · brutality · prisoner abuse
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