[comp.dcom.telecom] Last Laugh! "Telephone Fishing"

jem@hpisod2.cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley) (06/28/90)

Last Laugh (not-so-funny dept.):

Magneto-type telephones remain to this day a favorite instrument of
torture in many nations throughout the world.  The wires are attached
to the genitalia (of both male and female prisoners).  Graduated
application of voltage is considered a fine art among torturers, many
of whom were trained at American taxpayers' expense by our
international ambassadors, the CIA.

Amnesty International has documented the use of these instruments.
It's not pleasant reading.


Jim McCauley          jem@hpulpcu3.hp.com       (408) 447-4993
Learning Products Engineer
Hewlett Packard Company, General Systems Division
MS 48SO, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue, Cupertino CA  95014
Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not my employer's.