Resist!

Josef Ranell was tough. He’d worked hard all his life and had more than his fair share of fights as a young man. So when they demanded sensitive GML information, names, plans, and passwords, Ranell fought like hell to defy them. But nothing in Ranell’s life had ever prepared him for anything resembling the reality of torture.

He’d been placed on his knees, with his arms bound painfully behind his back. Beneath each kneecap, they’d set a small pebble upon which his weight rested. The pain was excruciating. He was held in that position for hours as they questioned him.

His interrogators, however, had decades of experience inflicting physical and emotional turmoil on their captives. It did not matter if their captives were Uyghur Muslims, Falun Gong adherents, or Christian Converts. Given time, they could break anyone.

Eventually, they broke Ranell. He screamed when they hurt him, cried from the pain of it, and tried to bargain, but no amount of money interested his captors. He begged to be told what he’d done wrong. Eventually, he gave them what they asked for.

“You are an American spy. Sign this confession!” they demanded.

Ranell signed the confession.