The "mind control techniques" comment was my own.  And of course, "mind control techniques" are any kind of mental filter and either ignores or devalues information that doubts the revered truth.  It's kind of cognitive dissonance in a more organized fashion.  And there is now overwhelming evidence that the "threats" about Iraq were cherry-picked, but what Hersh is saying is that some of that happened on a more unconscious level, like in a cult.

Anyhow, do you have a comment on the point I was actually making?