Academics who pretend otherwise condone human rights abuses. A lengthly document by Dick Sutphen argues that brainwashing techniquest are being used on the public today. A summary table of Chapter 3 from Margaret Singer's book, Cults in Our Midst . The assertion is repeated, but no evidence is offered. Regrettably, this is a fairly typical example of anti-cult literature.
Ideology is much more important than evidence.
Bibliography The Classic Korean War Brainwashing Studies . Hinkle, Lawrence E. and Harold G. Wolff, 1956. A.M.A. Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry , Vol 76. Lifton, Robert J. 1989. University of North Carolina Press.