What does Christina Aguilera have in common with Barney The Purple Dinosaur, The Bobby Fuller Four, Matchbox Twenty and The Pretty Things? They're all included in that rarified playlist of recording artists approved for use in torture. The Drudge Report printed excerpts from a forthcoming article in Time Magazine which alleges that "interrogation" techniques at Guantanamo Bay include "Detainee #063" being forced to listen to the music of Christina Aguilera.
From the Time excerpt:
Dripping Water or Playing Christina Aguilera Music: After the new measures are approved, the mood in al-Qahtani's interrogation booth changes dramatically. The interrogation sessions lengthen. The quizzing now starts at midnight, and when Detainee 063 dozes off, interrogators rouse him by dripping water on his head or playing Christina Aguilera music. According to the log, his handlers at one point perform a puppet show "satirizing the detainee's involvement with al-Qaeda." He is taken to a new interrogation booth, which is decorated with pictures of 9/11 victims, American flags and red lights. He has to stand for the playing of the U.S. national anthem. His head and beard are shaved. He is returned to his original interrogation booth. A picture of a 9/11 victim is taped to his trousers. Al-Qahtani repeats that he will "not talk until he is interrogated the proper way." At 7 a.m. on Dec. 4, after a 12-hour, all-night session, he is put to bed for a four-hour nap, TIME reports.
God bless America.
Posted by: Ed Word | June 13, 2005 at 08:23 AM
I'm generally against torture. But perhaps if a veryvery evil terrorist is absolutely certainly in possession of precise information that will save millions or at least hundreds of thousands of lives (and give Bush a huge bump in poles),
I guess I could get behind this.
It certainly would be torture. And maybe we could slip it by the World Court.
Posted by: Sophie | June 13, 2005 at 04:22 PM
yeah, I mean lack of information will give Bush a bump...
Posted by: sophie | June 13, 2005 at 04:24 PM
John Ulvang has a parody song of a Guantanamo Bay Prisoner singing Karaoke to the Stones Satisfaction. Check it out it is really funny. www.bloggersrow.com
Posted by: Dave | June 15, 2005 at 11:37 PM