Torture doesn't work, we taught that. Then the GOP thugs went looking for the Red Army techniques we taught against.
A full account of how our leaders reacted to terrorism by re-engineering Red Army methods must await an independent inquiry. But the SERE model's embrace by the Pentagon's civilian leaders is further evidence that abuse tantamount to torture was national policy, not merely the product of rogue freelancers.
Once Upon a Time has a followup - The Myth used to justify the tortures.
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