Ten techniques are approved, listed as: attention grasp, walling (in which the suspect could be pushed into a wall), a facial hold, a facial slap, cramped confinement, wall standing, sleep deprivation, insects placed in a confinement box (the suspect had a fear of insects) and the waterboard.
These were "(1) the attention grasp, (2) walling, (3) facial hold, (4) facial slap, (5) cramped confinement, (6) wall standing, (7) stress positions, (8) sleep deprivation, (9) waterboard, (10) use of diapers, (11) use of insects, and (12) mock burial".
These included the CIA's use of "attention grasp, walling, sleep deprivation, facial hold, abdominal slap, cramped confinement, wall standing, stress position, diapers, insects, and waterboarding," and that at these briefings, "None of the members [of the House] expressed any reservations or objections to the program".
One memo he authored on May 10 , 2005 authorized the use of 13 different techniques against high-value detainees: dietary manipulation, nudity, attention grasp, walling, facial hold, facial slap or insult slap, abdominal slap, cramped confinement, wall standing, stress positions, water dousing, sleep deprivation of more than 48 hours and waterboarding. .
Many detainees have reported being beaten by interrogators, and the CIA memo mentions a number of approved methods of physical contact, including "facial holds", "insult slaps" and "attention grasps".
If the technique evokes the uncertainty of an old woman's memory, it alienates you from a story whose essential facts are so condensed that you need to pay continuous close attention to grasp vital information.
What if you turned away from the distractions that monopolize your time and attention and grasped the sacred moments passing you by? Turn off the music in the car.
No moment, however small, seemed unimportant enough to escape his almost fierce attention, and his grasp of the play's latent values was immediate and complete.
Slow everything down, freeze the madness as art, pay real attention, try to grasp what is too fleeting to grasp yet cannot be escaped, and watch how not only madness but also sanity happen.
Feedback signals are designed to minimize the risk that a participant would miss the outcome and as such the feedback may grasp attention.
Oftentimes, their only purpose in humiliation is to grasp attention.
