Many of those held were released within hours or days, often traumatised, radicalised and infuriated by the experience. It later emerged that more than a dozen suspects had been given special experimental interrogation treatment. They were subjected to sensory deprivation techniques which included the denial of sleep and food and being forced to stand spreadeagled against a wall for long periods. Taped electronic ‘white noise’ sounds were continuously played to complete the disorientation. Years later the European Court of Human Rights characterised this episode as ‘inhuman and degrading’
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