Army hierarchy institutionalized cover-up of torture and abuses
Evidence
And this is what happened. Because of the numbers of suspects involved, the D.O.P. “experts” often had to rely on outside help; “in certain cases”, admits Massu, “each of the regimental interrogation teams of the 10th Paratroop Division was obliged to have recourse to violence”. It was at this point, one might say, that torture became institutionalised in the army in Algeria. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 592 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
One of the worst aspects of the admission of torture as an instrument is the wide train of corruption that inevitably follows in its wake. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 612 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Brutalizing war and fear of losing drove army torture institutionalization; Institutionalized torture corrupts every institution it touches — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 612; Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233 (+7 more)
Related
- Brutalizing war and fear of losing drove army torture institutionalization (similarity 0.92)
- Institutionalized torture corrupts every institution it touches (similarity 0.89)
- Torture became institutionalized in the French army during the Battle of Algiers (similarity 0.87)
- Post-1959 torture in Algeria became a private, unsanctioned practice. (similarity 0.85)
- A senior French official recommended institutionalizing torture in 1955 (similarity 0.82)
- The army came to see prisoners only as sources of intelligence (similarity 0.82)
- Massu admitted Algerian torture existed but denied it was institutionalized (similarity 0.80)
- French governors repeatedly ordered torture prohibited before the Battle of Algiers (similarity 0.80)
- Torture more than any single factor caused France’s Algerian defeat (similarity 0.79)
- A senior French official recommended institutionalizing torture methods as unexceptional (similarity 0.79)
- Torture in Algeria left a lingering poison in the French system (similarity 0.79)
- Torture was the chief factor in France’s defeat. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Torture became institutionalized in the French army during the Battle of Algiers
#exemplifies(0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 592 - Institutionalized torture corrupts every institution it touches
#expands(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 612 - Secrecy in warfare enables atrocities on various scales.
#corroborates(0.60) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 233 - Institutional accountability constrains violence exercised by authority figures.
#complicates(0.55) — , The Rod and the Child, 2000