Torturous interrogation technique isn't music to everyone's ears

By Darren Garnick / IMO Monday, October 26, 2009 - Updated 2m ago In the iconic teen movie “Say Anything,” a despondent John Cusack holds a boombox above his head and blares the song “In Your Eyes” outside the bedroom window of his estranged girlfriend. When Cusack does this, it’s cute and heartfelt. But when the CIA uses the same technique, it’s cruel and heartless. The Orwellian-named National Security Archive, the group that launched the Close Gitmo Now campaign, wants to put an end to the use of annoying music to weaken Americas enemies. The activists filed a Freedom of Information Act request last week demanding that the U.S. government release the full list of songs used as Muzak at CIA interrogation centers around the globe. “At Guantanamo, the U.S. government turned a jukebox into an instrument of torture,” huffed the... [read full story]                    

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