Canadian (cold-water survival) research aided CIA torture techniques

[sabra]

Source: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A Transport Canada employee says he was "flabbergasted" to see his research into cold water survival referenced by the CIA.

Chris Brooks of Kanata, Ont., wrote a manual years ago aimed at improving the odds of sailors and fishermen lost at sea.

Newly-declassified CIA documents indicate the Canadian handbook was used to fine-tune the CIA's cold-water interrogations techniques.

A 2005 CIA manual refers to the Transport Canada publication "Survival in Cold Waters: Staying Alive" to set the limits on cold water exposure to reportedly soften up Al-Qaeda suspects.

The agency also referred to cold-water survivability research conducted by Gordon Giesbrecht of the University of Manitoba.
He stressed that while his research was always ethically conducted, he added that "we've often jokingly referred to this as 'torture' - it was just brutal."

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[dflprincess]

1. And I'd bet they used data from experiments the Nazis did on this as well

they just won't admit because they are not suppose to do that.

[Octafish]

5. Japanese data went a long way toward forgiving Imperial war criminals.

The Pentagon and the Japanese Mengele

No matte where they live, warmongers always can get along.

[KansDem]

7. Didn't they use waterboarding techniques perfected by the Khmer Rouge?

[enviralment]

2. Wow

Great find!!! Interesting that cold water survival tactics could be flipped like that. Kind of sad that so much research when into torturing people.

[madokie]

6. If nothing else it show clear intent

[Soylent Brice]

3. K&R

[Soylent Brice]

4. dupe: delete

[Quasimodem]

8. It is an ages old story.

No matter how sincere the scientist’s intentions were toward doing good, there will always be some perverted mind who can find a way to twist it to their own evil purposes.

[Bette Noir]

9. "'Simpsons' did it."

[GillesDeleuze]

10. science is value neutral. applications are not n/t

[polly7]

11. Wow.

Shouldn't the CIA have needed permission from Brooks to use his research and manual?

[Adam Kirur]

12. Oh, great! The bastards are dragging US into it!

Next they'll be whacking detainees with hockey sticks!