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Transport Canada's unwitting assistance in Gitmo interrogations

by eastvanray | August 27, 2009 at 03:09 pm

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Glad to be assisting in the US War on Terror. I guess TC should be proud that of all the sources in the world that the CIA could have chosen, they chose theirs. They might also want to look at a few other Canadian sources for assistance in enhanced interrogation:

Air Canada's in-flight menu.
Celine Dion's music.
Surrey BC's favorite houhold pet - the pitbull.
Insite - Vancouver's safe injection house (you don't want to OD your prisoners).
The Sea Sheppard Society - learn how to legally throw bottles of acid at people.
Richmond RCMP - safe and proper use of a Taser

Canada has this and much more to offer the CIA. Come visit us sometime. Oh, I forgot you are already here!

27/08/2009 4:53:56 PM

CIA interrogators used Transport Canada manual

CBC News

Newly declassified CIA documents, which were released by the U.S. administration, indicate the Canadian-made handbook was used to fine-tune cold-water interrogation techniques during renditions and the detention of "high value prisoners" being held at prisons, including the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The previously top-secret CIA memos were turned over to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

A CIA manual, intended for medical officers monitoring the interrogation of suspects, describes 20 methods of interrogation. Water dousing - which the manual said could be combined with nudity, stress positions and slaps - was ranked fifth most severe on the list of methods.

The 2005 CIA manual refers to the Transport Canada publication "Survival in Cold Waters: Staying Alive" to set the limits on cold water exposure. The 92-page Transport Canada document was written for seafarers and boaters and outlines conditions that can induce hypothermia and lead to death.