Show to explore interrogation
A British TV channel is preparing “Guantanamo Guidebook,” a show that will test the effectiveness of interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation that freed inmates say were used by the U.S. military at its camp in Cuba.
Channel Four, which brought the world the reality TV hit “Big Brother,” will film seven British volunteers as they are subjected to extreme temperatures and mild physical contact while being kept awake for long periods. The techniques are based on information from declassified U.S. government documents and will be carried out by expert interrogators from the United States, a Channel Four spokesman said.
The program, due to air in mid-March, will examine the effects of the interrogation techniques over 48 hours in a London warehouse. It is part of a four-part series on torture.
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