Most methods were reverse-engineered from the training given to US soldiers preparing to face “long and extreme” situations (which somehow enabled executives to conclude that these ordeals are perfectly bearable). In other words, the torturers had been tortured themselves.
刑讯人员的训练过程也有披露。大多数方法是根据美国士兵在准备面对“长期极端”情形时所受的训练进行反向设计的（执行人员由此也认为这些拷打是完全可以承受的）。换句话说，刑讯人员自己也经受过拷打。之后是为期四周的高强度速成班，足以指导他们胜任他们的新工作。