[Jerr Conner]

I'd say this is a case of "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

Especially after hearing that lady in the picture talk about how they ordered her to do it. She seems way too happy to do it in the photo. Also, the "I was ordered" angle doesn't jive for me, considering the outlets a person has available to them to tell an even higher-ranked officer that something bad was happening.

That, or maybe someone only took pictures as proof of what was going on. I do agree it's very very stupid to take photos of torture leaving behind proof that it was done. Though I guess some psychopaths want trophies.