Testimony reveals how torture resistance training, "SERE," became Pentagon's "enhanced" interrogations. The above is the subtitle of article. SERE is the program used to train Special Forces in what torture techniques might be used on them. In lengthy testimony before Congress it is revealed how SERE was the incubator for DOD policy in Gitmo and other places. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.