Diapering: New Torture Technique Revealed By Report

Diapering: New Torture Technique Revealed By Report
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In order to learn more about the mysterious "prolonged diapering" technique formerly employed by the CIA -- possibly the technique nebulously referred to in the 2004 inspector general report as an eleventh and previously unacknowledged interrogation method -- I turned to the International Committee of the Red Cross's February 2007 report on the treatment of 14 "high-value detainees" once held in secret CIA prisons. There are numerous references to diapering in the report.

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