All I can say is, WoW!!! It's shocking what people in authority can try and do. I just don't thing that a person's spirit can be broken unless they allow it to be. If this guy has military training then i thing that he would have built up defenceses to not be broken or what not...I grew up in a military family and i just dont' see how he could break down so easily. He must not have been as strong as he said he was.
But poor guy...he needs to seek out the law on this one.