The Role of Psychological Research in the CIA's Activities in Iraq and Afghanistan

CIA links Abu Ghraib interrogations back to military research done in the 1950s and 1960s. Psychologists contracted by CIA designed tactics, were asked to develop methods that would increase aggressively over time. Daitop Village was originally just called Daitop, for drug addicts yield to persuasion. Many of Daitop's early staff were former members of synon.