torture by television ad...

This would be funny if it weren't in the midst of a not-at-all-joking article about torture at GITMO...

The New York Times > National > Fresh Details Emerge on Harsh Methods at Guantánamo:
In a recent interview, another former official added new details, saying that many interrogators used a different audio tape on prisoners, a mix of babies crying and the television commercial for Meow Mix in which the jingle consists of repetition of the word "meow."