In reaction to his discovery of the chart’s origins in the 1957 article, the chairman of the committee, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), said that “every American would be shocked” by the source of the document, which was used to train American interrogators. “What makes this document doubly stunning is that these were techniques to get false confessions,” said Senator Levin. “People say we need intelligence, and we do. But we don’t need false intelligence.”
Dennis Behreandt
Dennis Behreandt is a contributor for The New American. Dennis studied history, biology, and education at Ripon College and studied theology at St. Norbert College. He worked for a decade as research librarian and knowledge management specialist in the specialty chemicals industry and he previously served as managing editor and senior editor for The New American. He has written hundreds of articles on subjects in history, theology, science, and technology, with special emphasis recently on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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