As the tough-talking Republican advocate of “aggressive questioning,” he thinks the “liberal media” exaggerate torture, so here’s his chance to show them up!

New York City’s Finest could do to Rudy what U.S. interrogators are doing to suspects in the Middle East and stage it on Fox TV because Fox knows all about torture. Writers of its “24” series have come up with so many ugly torture ideas the Army asked Fox to stop because Iraq interrogators have been adopting them.

The torture flap erupted when Sen. John McCain said Giuliani showed his inexperience by doubting waterboarding is torture. Giuliani also said sleep deprivation isn’t torture: “I mean, on that theory, I’m getting tortured running for president of the United States. That’s plain silly.”

Fox could erect a room-sized glass prison in Times Square where Giuliani will be subjected to a week of no-sleep interrogation. Republican voters could pass by to see for themselves how he does. Unlike Iraqi prisoners, the ex-mayor will be allowed to keep his pants on and none of the interrogators will wrap a woman’s brassiere around his head, even if both his former wives offer.

To make sure Fox doesn’t go soft on Giuliani, sleep-inducing excerpts from his campaign speeches will be piped in around-the-clock, good as any barbiturates. Next, a succession of New York City detectives working four-hour shifts will take turns subjecting Giuliani to “aggressive questioning”.

Unlike Abner Louima, the man tortured in Brooklyn’s 70th Precinct Station House in 1997, the detectives will not rape Giuliani with a broom handle. But they will yell at him, call him names and shake him violently when he tries to sleep, maybe slapping his face now and then. They might even scream at him as they did at Louima, “This is Giuliani time!” 

Fox will broadcast the Giuliani’s reality show globally, pre-empting all else for the week. Bill O’Reilly himself, a man who knows a thing or two about obscene talk (he settled a suit with a Fox lady producer who alleged he asked her to talk dirty to him on the phone) will judge how profane the detectives can shriek.

(FYI, Stalin didn’t ridicule sleep deprivation. His goons called it “the conveyor belt” because when one interrogator quit another took over. Soon enough, the sleep deprived wretch would admit to any crime. One father was told his 14-year-old son confessed to writing the Russian novel “Eugene Onegin.” If it worked in Moscow under Stalin, why shouldn’t it work in New York under Bush?)

After being kept awake for a week, Giuliani will be tied onto a board and dunked repeatedly face down in a tub of water. After a few minutes, interrogators will ask:  “Dick Cheney says waterboarding is not torture. Right or wrong?”

As Giuliani is immersed, O’Reilly could explain to Fox viewers this non-torture is a grand old American custom, dating back to witch-dunking of Colonial times.

Of course, Giuliani’s Republican opponents are going to envy his exposure and demand to be non-tortured as well. Being first on Fox, though, will give Giuliani the chance to gain the experience McCain says he lacks.

 

Sherwood Ross has worked as a publicist for Chicago; as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and workplace columnist for Reuters. He has also been a media consultant to colleges, law schools, labor unions, and to the editors of more than 100 national magazines. A civil rights activist, he was News Director for the National Urban League, a talk show host at WOL Radio, Washington, D.C., and holds an award for "best spot news coverage" for Chicago radio stations for civil rights reporting. He is the author "Gruening of Alaska,"(Best Books)and several plays about Japan during World War II, including "Baron Jiro," and "Yamamoto's Decision," read at the National Press Club, where he is a member. His favorite quotations are from the Sermon on The Mount.

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A writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest... to see more of bio, click on member name Mark SashineA writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest... to see more of bio, click on member name

A copy of my diary entry from Y2006: VIigilia In 1550 the inventor of the torture method named Vigilia (Sleep Depravation or Sleeplessness, that is where the word 'vigilanti' comes from) the Hyppolitus of Marseiles wrote," That seemingly simple way, looking like a child play works on everyone and even the most dedicated heretics confessed to everything." :::::::: Confessed to everything... A person would be sat on the high chair, preferably tied up and held that way straight while two 'interogation professionals' would sit on both sides and whenever the person falls asleep they shove him/her or kick him/her. They work in shifts; the person stays. They sleep, eat, drink; the person usually is not given any water. They can shout or sing or whatever. The person would shout too. That is at first. Then the person cries. Then pleads. If that is a woman, she cries and pleads longer. Then some get mad. But most 'confess to anything'. It works. 100% it works on anyone and the the 'confession' to WHATEVER is achieved. No kidding. Well, now we are better; we perfected this. The person must be naked, preferably. To quell the pleadings and shouting we have special chambers with soft walls. The person has to to stand- that worked perfectly when Nazis did that. For women it is good to put them on their knees; they are very sensible to that. Sometimes there are innovations like dogs being kept in the same room. Sometimes the person is put back to the cell but not allowed to sleep, no matter what. And no water- that is the key. Sometimes psychotropic drugs are used. Sometimes recorded voices of the person's family being interrogated. WORKS ON ALL OCCASIONS! CONFESSIONS TO WHATEVER THE INTERROGATORS WANT! We wake up in the morning with Rummy authorising Vigilia. We go to SLEEP (!) when some person in the isolated box stays for several days while being tortured. We just do not want to know. NOW YOU KNOW, DAMN YOU! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU THE LUXURY OF NOT KNOWING! IT WILL BE DONE ON YOU! Whoever performs any kind of torture must be destroyed. Whoever authorises torture must be put to trial and jailed for life. Whoever pretends that he does not understand what he is doing must be confined to the asylum. Whoever praises torture must be confined to the asylum also. People of America, you better know what you are dealing with. Hyppolitus and people like him lead to the Netherlands Revolution in which all of them were destroyed. We will be destroyed the same if we pretend we do not know what is done in our names. I will not allow that. See what you've done.   by Mark Sashine (51 articles, 19 quicklinks, 244 diaries, 3454 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 5:15:56 PM

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Sandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers... to see more of bio, click on member name Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers... to see more of bio, click on member name

Show's set to air on PPV http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_sandy_sa_071009_bush_2c_cheney_2c_gonzo_2c.htm by Sandy Sand (143 articles, 0 quicklinks, 196 diaries, 1383 comments) on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 6:47:05 PM

 

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