Years ago, interrogators blasted the band’s song “Bodies” as part of an effort to break down prisoners’ will and keep them awake during extended interrogation sessions. WASHINGTON ― This year’s 4th of July “Freedom Fest” at Guantanamo Bay featured a live music performance by a band whose music was used to interrogate detainees at the Naval base. Slahi told the Miami Herald that he still has hearing problems because of lengthy exposure to loud music during interrogations. “I love art and good music and feel much pain for music to be used as a tool of torture,” he wrote in an email published by the Herald. Before their performance at Guantanamo, the band went on a tour of the Naval base.

Source: Huffington Post July 07, 2017 17:16 UTC