Don't buy the snarky "if it was so effective why did they do it 183 times".  It is good for snark to illustrate the real problem, but I don't want people to get lost in "it's not effective".  It's very effective for the actually purpose of totally eliminating a persons willpower and personality.

...Which implies to my mind that it was never really about gaining information.

This is a totally new perspective for me. I hope you post the follow-up diaries as well.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman