Guantanamo Bay Accessory: Before it is passed down the nose, we lubricate it and we give the patient a choice: do they want lidocane, which is an agent that will numb the area or, if they want, olive oil to lubricate the tube. Most of our patients have been using olive oil. They seem to like it. Some of our patients are so used to it, they will describe which nostrils they want.
Ramzi Kassem, Gitmo Lawyer: The force feeding that my clients have experienced at Guantanamo, they’ve certainly described it as torture. The restraint chair that they’re strapped to, they’ve actually called "a torture chair."
Ramzi Kassem, Gitmo Lawyer: The force feeding that my clients have experienced at Guantanamo, they’ve certainly described it as torture. The restraint chair that they’re strapped to, they’ve actually called "a torture chair."
