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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — A reader writes: The crucial fact is that SERE techniques were designed by the U.S. military to mimic the illegal treatment of American POWs in North Vietnam. Let me say that again:  these tactics were SUPPOSED to be illegal, in violation of the Geneva Conventions and without any ...

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A "Disappointment"
Obsidian Wings — ... The SERE tactics, as Sullivan notes, were designed to help the American military withstand illegal torture.  Here’s how the report (p.2) describes them.  See if any of these tactics sound vaguely familiar when thinking about the pictures from Abu Ghraib: ...

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