CIA references work by ‘Professor Popsicle’
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This article was published 27/08/2009 (6179 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Research into cold water immersion by Manitoban scientist Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht — known locally as Professor Popsicle — was referenced by the CIA in a memo outlining the rationale for intense physical interrogation tactics.
Geisbreicht said he learned of the link to his research yesterday.
The CIA memo, which was originally marked Top Secret and only recently declassified by the Obama administration, references a chapter in the book Wilderness Medicine that highlights Giesbrecht’s research.
The memo also references a 2003 report from Transport Canada, written by Canadian scientist Chris Brooks.
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