This is what qualifies as

This is what qualifies as torture nowadays:

In the letter dated July 12 of this year, Begg protested
his innocence of any crime and demanded to know the reason for his
detention in Bagram, Afghanistan for a year.
He said he was denied natural light and fresh food, had been held in
solitary confinement, and was forced to sign and initial documents
presented to him by U.S. officials.

But wait it gets better.

He also said he was physically abused, stripped and paraded
in front of cameras held by U.S. personnel.
"During several interviews, particularly though unexclusively in
Afghanistan, I was subjected to pernicious threats of torture, actual
vindictive torture and death threats, amongst other coercively employed
interrogation techniques," he said in an extract of the letter read by
BBC radio.

Hmmm. Sound familar? Abu Ghraib anyone?
Yet, surprisingly, nowhere in any of his complaints about his treatment
at Guantanamo and Bagram, does he whine about being forced to sit on
the floor, blindfolded, restrained, and gagged, while one of his
captors read an interminably long manifesto before they whipped out a
knife and beheaded him.

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