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| | Scoop: Doris Colmes: Morphing the Gestapo |
 | | Once they had spoken, off they went to their deaths at the local extermination camp, and if they chose not to speak, well, then the torture continued till they died in the interrogation chamber. |
 | | When interrogated, “No physical or mental torture, nor any form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from then information of any kind whatsoever.” The Geneva Conventions, as a matter of fact, were updated in 1977 to provide greater protections for victims of armed conflict. |
 | | “Flogging, anal rape, fingernail extraction, amputation, submersion in boiling water and mock executions are standard procedure, often under the eye of American agents” Agents – from the FBI and CIA – are sent as escorts with these prisoners, in order to note all information resulting from these techniques. |
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