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by Sarika Ram

In the midst of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency routinely collected information about the methods of control employed by the Soviet Union to capture, incarcerate, and punish those opposed to the state. While the CIA used this information to denounce the USSR in reports such as this one available in the CREST archives, a modern reader will note how several of the criticized policies resemble those of the criminal justice system in modern day America.
 In the ‘50s, CIA decried Soviet torture tactics that would later be used at Gitmo and Agency black sites

by Emma Best

In the early days of MKULTRA, while the Central Intelligence Agency scrambled to defend against the alleged “brainwashing” programs of foreign countries, and to create its own, Agency staff responsible for the program responded to a report describing reported Soviet brainwashing efforts. In a letter formerly classified SECRET, CIA staff dismissed the Soviet techniques as “police tactics which would not be condoned in a democratic country.” The tactics described in the report not only mimic tactics which have been used in Guantanamo Bay and in CIA black sites, proved to be a source of inspiration for some post-9/11 interrogation programs.
 Gaming at Gitmo: a breakdown of Guantanamo Bay’s video game library

by JPat Brown

After three years of processing, the Pentagon has finally released its catalogue of video games available to detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
 Britney Spears, lap dances, fatalism - a look inside Gitmo’s bizarre world

by Beryl Lipton

A Freedom of Information Act request regarding the use of loud music and strobe lights during interrogations at Guantanamo Bay led to the release of the camp’s complete Standard Operating Procedures - as well as the 2005 report alleging that inmates were tortured.


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CIA Mitchell/Jessen correspondence

William Green sent this request to the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America

Far too ordinary rendition

Requesting ALL Information DHS has Regarding Investigations/Watchlisting on Myself.

Mark Cottell sent this request to the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America