Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141210:00:34:00
And adversarial relationships in life? what was its role if not to get information? >> oh, unfortunately the sad truth of torture, it's ostensible justification is to get information. it's actual use is to brutalize, to dehumanize, to demonstrate your superiority, to demean the other. that's a much more potent use through time. and if you look at what was done in this case, we have rectal examinations with excessive force. i mean, this is not an interrogation technique. this is a brutalization technique. this isn't about getting information. this is about demonstrating your actually visceral s...