DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL PRESSURES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: Documents Related to the Former Detention and Interrogation Program
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 6552083
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Release Date: June 13, 2016
• Case Number: F-2015-02400
• Publication Date: July 9, 2002

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Subject: Description of Physical Pressures
Date: 7/9/2002 10:58:03 AM
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
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SUBJECT: Description of Physical Pressures
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SUBJECT: Description of Physical Pressures
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Below are the descriptions of potential physical and psychological pressures
discussed in the July 8, 2002 meeting.]
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1. Attention Grasp:
In a controlled and quick motion, grasp the individual with both hands, one on
each side of the collar opening. In the same motion, draw the ihdividual toward
you.
2.Walling: The individual is stood in front of a specially cons
wall. The individual's heels touch the wall. The individual
forward and then quickly and firmly pushed into the wall. The h
supported with a rolled hood or towel that provides a c-collar
prevent whiplash. Contact with the wall is made with the indivi
blades. To reduce the probability of injury, the individual is
rebound from the wall.
3. Facial Hold: One open palm is placed on either side of the
face, fingertips well away from the individual's eyes. The goa
head immobile.
4. Facial Slap (Insult Slap): The slap is delivered with finger
spread. Contact should be made with the area directly between
chin and the bottom of the corresponding earlobe. The goal of
is to induce shock and surprise, not severe pain.
5. Cramped Confinement: Individuals are placed in a confined s
dimension of which restricts movement. The container is usuall
Individuals may be kept in larger confinement spaces for up to
smaller confinement boxes for one hour.
6. Wall Standing: This technique is used to induce fatigue. Th
stands approximately 4 or 5 feet from a wall, with his feet spr
approximately shoulder width. With arms out stretched in front,
on the wall supporting body weight. Individuals are not allowed
reposition their feet or hands.
7. Stress Positions: A variety of stress positions are possible
producing mild physical discomfort from prolonged muscle use, r
associated with contortions or twisting of the body. The two di
the subject sitting on the floor with legs extended straight ou
him with his arms raised above his head; and (2) having the sub1 ect kneel on
the floor and lean back at a 45 degree angle.
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8. Sleep Deprivation: Preventing sleep is intended to have the effect of.
reducing the subject's ability to think on his feet secondary td fatigue and
to motivate him to cooperate because of the discomfort associateid with sleep
debt. For most people, the effects of sleep deprivation remit after one or two
nights of uninterrupted sleep. In rare circumstances, individuals predisposed
to psychological problems may display abreactions, but these tod generally
remit after the individual sleeps. The record (Guinness Book cif World
Records) for voluntary sleep deprivation is 205 hours with the aubject showing
no significant psychological problems and quick recovery after dne or two days
9. Water Board: With this procedure, individuals are bound securely to an
?'inclined bench. Initially a cloth is placed over the subject's forehead and
eyes. As water is applied in a controlled manner, the cloth is slowly lowered
until it also covers the mouth and nose. Once the cloth is saturated and
completely covering the mouth and nose, subject would be exposed to 20 to 40
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seconds of restricted airflow. Water is applied to keep the cloth saturated.
After the 20 to 40 seconds of restricted airflow, the cloth is removed and the
subject is allowed to breath unimpeded. After 3 or 4 full breaths, the
procedure may be repeated. Water is usually applied from a canteen cup or
small watering can with a spout.
10: Use of Diapers: The subject appears to be very fastidious. He spend much
time cleaning himself and seems to go out of his way to avoid circumstances
likely to bring him in contact with potentially unclean objects or material.
He is very sensitive to situations that reflect a loss of status or are
potentially humiliating. One way to leverage his concerns, while helping
ensure his wound doesn't become infected with human waste when in cramped
confinement is to place him in an adult diaper. If soiled, care would have to
be taken to keep human waste out of his leg wound.
11. Insects: The subject appears to have a fear of insects. One possibility is
to threaten to place stinging insects into the cramped confinement box with
him, but instead place harmless insects. The purpose of this would be to play
off his fears and increase his sense of dread and motivate him to avoid the box
in the future by cooperating with the interrogator's requests.
12. Mock Burial: The individual is placed in a cramped confinement box that
resembles a coffin. The box has hidden air holes to prevent suffocation. The
individual is moved to a prepared site where he hears digging. The site has a
prepared hole, dug in such a way that the box can be lowered into the ground
and shovels of dirt thrown in on top of it without blocking the air holes or
actually burying the individual. This procedure would be used as part of a
threat and rescue scenario where the "burial" is interrupted and the subject is
rescued by a concerned party. The rescuers then use the subject's fear of
being returned to the people trying to bury him as a means of pressuring the
subject for information.
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