The Highlander <micheil@shaw.ca> wrote:
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:23:25 -0400, "Ray O'Hara"
mary.palmucci@rcn.com> wrote:
"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
news:f9dJi.263$H_5.1520@eagle.america.net...
Nonsense.
Gans obviously hasn't done his homework and doesn't know the facts
about
Modern Torture, Motivational and Sensory Deprivation Techniques.
Just another little old college professor pontificating, posing and
poaching
out of field -- ex cathedra.
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
"Paul J Gans" <gans@panix.com> wrote in message
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Those later tortures were often aimed at extracting information
from the person being tortured. Of course this presents an
interesting psychological situation since it was well known then,
as now, that torture does not often provide relable [sic]
information.
the dirty little secret about torture is that it works.
The reality is that none of you know what you're talking about.
Hanns-Joachim Gottlob Scharff (December 16, 1907 - September 10, 1992)
was a German Luftwaffe interrogator during the Second World War. He
has been called the "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe and
possibly all of Nazi Germany; he has also been praised for his
contribution in shaping U.S. interrogation techniques after the war.
Merely an Obergefreiter (the equivalent of a senior lance corporal),
he was charged with interrogating every German-captured American
fighter pilot during the war after his becoming an interrogation
officer in 1943.
He is highly praised for the success of his techniques, especially
considering he never used physical means to obtain the required
information. No evidence exists he even raised his voice in the
presence of a prisoner of war (POW).
Scharff's interrogation techniques were so effective that he was often
called upon to assist other German interrogators in their questioning
of bomber pilots and aircrews, including those crews and fighter
pilots from countries other than the United States. Additionally,
Scharff was charged with questioning V.I.P.s (Very Important
Prisoners) that funneled through the interrogation center, namely
senior officers and world-famous fighter aces.
After the end of WWII, Scharff was invited by the United States Air
Force to give lectures on his interrogation techniques and first-hand
experiences. The U.S. military later incorporated Scharff's methods
into its curriculum at its interrogation schools.
After the Abu Ghraib prison scandal was revealed in the early 2000s,
Scharff's name was again brought to the forefront as investigators
questioned why his methods, which continue to be taught in military
intelligence and interrogation schools, had been ignored in favor of
more physically abusive tactics by U.S. military personnel and U.S.
defense contractors alike to obtain desired information from Iraqi
detainees.
After the war, Scharff immigrated to the United States from South
Africa. From the 1950s until his death in 1992, Scharff redirected his
efforts to artistry, namely mosaics. He eventually became a
world-renowned mosaic artisan, with his handiwork on display in such
locations as the California State Capitol building; Los Angeles City
Hall; several schools, colleges, and universities, including the giant
Outdoor Mosaic Mural fascade of the Dixie State College Fine Arts
Center; Epcot Center; and in the 15-foot arched mosaic walls featuring
the story of Cinderella inside Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World,
Florida.
And those are the facts.
Stolen without attribution from Wikipedia. Oh dear!