But, as I said before, aside from purely logistical issues, what does “humiliating and degrading treatment” get us? Aside from the fact that it might be fun for the guards to tease and make fun of the detainees, it’s not like these people are going to spill their guts due to too much teasing. Panties on the head and naked pyramids are not going to lead to useful information. In fact, if I were the one being humiliated like that, I would purposely give bad information to jack with the government’s intelligence.

All humiliating and degrading treatment towards the detainees does is make other countries hate us more, and it makes us look like a-holes. Not to mention the fact that we’re setting an environment where people who might have useful information aren’t going to want to come forward with it. If I had information, I would be afraid they would toss me in a cell in Gitmo, and I would probably be lucky not to be beaten and raped.

* outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;

Who gets to decide that? Who sets the standards of “personal dignity” here? Does having women in their presence qualify? And Allah forbid one of them be questioned by a woman, or be subject to her orders!