Cia Interrogations

New Book Explains Destruction Of CIA Interrogation Videos

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The retired top CIA officer who ordered the destruction of videos showing waterboarding says in a new book that he was tired of waiting ...

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The Art of Politics; the Science of Interrogation

Steven Kleinman | Posted 07.11.2011

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It remains to be seen if the public, or the intelligence community, will ever know with certainty if coercive measures played a direct or meaningful role in obtaining the intelligence necessary to find the al Qaeda figurehead.

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Words of Wisdom About Terror Trials -- Whatever Your View

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In light on the ongoing debate around military commissions for terrorist suspects and the disposition of the Gitmo holding facility, a new book will interest anyone concerned with national security policy.

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AP: Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Electric-Drill Torture Now Training CIA Operatives As A Contractor

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intell...

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Latest CIA Interrogation Tapes Don't Tell the Whole Story

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if the newly released footage of Bin al shibh's interrogation in Morocco shows largely benign interrogations, we shouldn't forget that many of the videotapes that the CIA destroyed in 2005 documented serious abuse.

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CIA Overreached On Terror Suspect Interrogations, Says Key Bush Lawyer

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — One of the key Bush administration lawyers in the evolution of the CIA's interrogation program cast doubt on whether the Justice De...

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NY Judge Rules Against ACLU: CIA Can Keep Secret Lists

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A judge for a second time has denied efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union to force the CIA to release names and documents re...

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Interrogation Critics Ought to Give it a Try Sometime

Jack Cloonan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Those politicians and pundits who denounce the decision to Mirandize Mr. Shazhad, a naturalized U.S. citizen, do a disservice to the men and women in law enforcement who every day try their best to protect us.

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CIA Interrogation Investigation: Senate Looks Into DOJ Attorneys Who Approved Methods

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Senate committee chairman told the Justice Department on Friday to hunt for the missing e-mails of an attorney who provided legal...

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OPR Report: CIA Interrogators Asked For, Were Denied, Power To Stage Mock Burials For Suspects

Firedoglake | Marcy Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIA's torturers asked DOJ to let them use mock burials. But DOJ said no. PDF page 42 of the OPR Report (searchable copy here) includes a list of the ...

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The Keystone Feds Mirandasize Umar Farouk

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have a real problem when President Obama declares we are at war with al Qaeda, only to witness the Justice Department according Miranda rights to alleged non-American terrorists captured on U.S. soil.

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Bush Speech Writer Makes Jack Bauer Look Reasonable

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new book from a former speech writer for President George Bush makes a number of wild claims in an effort to "correct the record" about the CIA enhanced interrogation program.

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CIA 'Black Sites': Final Status Of The Facilities Remains In The Dark

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whatever happened to the so-called "black sites," where suspected terrorists were held overseas by the CIA and submitted to harsh interrogations that ...

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Videotaping Detainee Interrogations Pushed For By Congress

New York Times | Scott Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress is moving to require videotaping of interrogations of detainees held by the military, a step proponents say will prevent abuse and create a v...

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CIA Interrogations Likely Damaged Detainees' Brains, Making Them Less Reliable: Report

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Prolonged stress from the CIA's harsh interrogations could have impaired the memories of terrorist suspects, diminishing their abil...

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Ex-CIA Chiefs Ask Obama To Stop Interrogations Probe

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspe...

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Broder Sees Too Many Consequences To CIA Accountability

Washington Post | David S. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

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My friend and fellow columnist Eugene Robinson has written a characteristically passionate and well-reasoned piece commending Attorney General Eric Ho...

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Why David Broder Is Wrong

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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The decision whether to investigate possible crimes connected to our interrogation programs is simply not a political one.

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Reagan's Deputy AG Calls For Expanded CIA Probe

The Raw Story | John Byrne | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview late Tuesday, Bruce Fein, an Associate Deputy Attorney General during President Ronald Reagan's administration, said the Justice Depar...

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Did the Washington Post's Richard Cohen Scare the "#!#!" Out of You?

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why would U.S. interrogators choose to use torture when other techniques have proven to be so much more effective?

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Raw Story Report Reveals Cheney Misled About "Trained Interrogators"

Rawstory.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since Monday, when the CIA released a significant part of those documents -- a 2004 CIA inspector general's report on torture practices -- there has b...

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"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

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Inside The CIA's haphazard Interrogation Program

AP | PAMELA HESS and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — With just two weeks of training, or about half the time it takes to become a truck driver, the CIA certified its spies as interroga...

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C.I.A. Inspector General Report: Did Military Doctors Intervene When Necessary?

John H. Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given that at least a dozen prisoners -- and likely more -- have died by homicide in military prisons this decade, one wonders how often doctors monitored torturous interrogations without intervening.

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Obama Approves New Team to Question Key Terror Suspects

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration launched a criminal investigation Monday into harsh questioning of detainees during President George W. Bu...

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