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Alfred W. McCoy
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Alfred W. McCoy is the J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror (Metropolitan Books), which is also available in Italian and German translations. Later this year, Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State, a forthcoming book of his, will explore the influence of overseas counterinsurgency operations on the spread of internal security measures here at home. To catch a TomDispatch audio interview in which McCoy discusses the CIA's "Manhattan Project of the mind," click here.

Blog Entries by Alfred W. McCoy

How America's Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties

Posted November 12, 2009 | 03:33 PM (EST)

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com.

In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the expanded executive powers championed by his conservative predecessor, George W. Bush. This bipartisan affirmation of the imperial executive...

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Confronting the CIA's Mind Maze

13 Comments | Posted June 8, 2009 | 03:45 PM (EST)

Crossposted with TomDispatch.com


America's Political Paralysis Over Torture


If, like me, you've been following America's torture policies not just for the last few years, but for decades, you can't help but experience that eerie feeling of déjà vu these days. With the...

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