Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Max J. Rosenthal

Bush's CIA Director Hoped For 'Aw, Sh*t!' Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- During the 2008 campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama railed against the intelligence programs implemented under President George W. Bush and...

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Disguising the Truth about U.S.-Sponsored Torture

Rev. Richard L. Killmer | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Jose Rodriguez, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, UN Convention Against Torture, Nrcat, Senate Intelligence Committee, Osama Bin Laden, Hard Measures, Politics News
Rev. Richard L. Killmer

As a nation founded on religious and moral values, we cannot begin to move past the shameful use of torture until we ensure that U.S. government-sponsored torture never occurs again. Justifications for the use of torture impede us from this important task.

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Hard Measures: Torture Is Humane

Glenn L. Carle | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, CIA Torture, Jose Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez Hard Measures, Torture, Politics News
Glenn L. Carle

Jose Rodriguez's book, Hard Measures, does not seem so much deluded as willfully misleading, an apologia for some of the most controversial choices made by the Bush administration and the CIA.

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Senate Investigation Finds Little Evidence That 'Torture' Is Effective

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

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* Techniques said not to produce intelligence coups * "Water-boarding," sleep deprivation among techniques * Republicans...

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GOP Candidates Advocate Torture

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Waterboarding, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Herman Cain, Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding Torture, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

At last week's debate, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann defended waterboarding. The United States has long considered waterboarding to be torture.

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Joshua Hersh

Herman Cain Weighs In On Torture Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.12.2012

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It took Cain less than a minute to come out against "torture," but in favor of torture during the GOP debate in South Carolina Saturday night. "I d...

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Al-Qaeda and John Yoo: Concerns and a Qualified Endorsement We Can Do Without

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Anwar Al-Awlaki, Yemen, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding, U.S. Constitution, John Yoo, Torture Memos, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News
Dorian de Wind

Yoo, the mastermind of the infamous "torture memos" that provided "legal" justification for torture in the form of waterboarding, has now expressed his qualified support for the killing of al-Awlaki.

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When Shackling Pregnant Women Is OK

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Detention, Arizona Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Enhanced Interrogations, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Immigration, Immigrants, Lockdown, Alabama Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Arizona Immigration Law, Enhanced Interrogation, Immigrant Detention, Torture, Parents News
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

When lockdowns, detention, and "enhanced coercive interrogation techniques" become everyday words, we are preparing children to accept as normal a world in which shackling pregnant women is ok.

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Sex and the Single Drone

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: September 11, Drone Attacks, War on Terror, Robert Gates, Pakistan, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Somalia, Leon Panetta, State Department, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. They are, of course, the pilotless drones, our grimly named Predators and Reapers.

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Who's Got the Helicopters?

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Waterboarding, Guantanamo Bay, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Iraq, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Dick Cheney, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

The Darth Vader of the Bush Administration, Dick Cheney wielded more power -- and was more dismissive of Congressional prerogatives -- than any vice president in American history.

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Dick Cheney Had Secret Resignation Letter Locked In A Safe

Posted 10.24.2011

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In his new memoir, "In My Time," former Vice-President Dick Cheney reveals that he had a secret, signed letter of resignation locked in a safe at all ...

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Dan Froomkin

Is Torture In America's Future As Well As In Our Country's Past?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Jay Bybee, Interrogation, George W. Bush, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, John Yoo, David Addington, Barack Obama, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The Fourth of July is a joyous celebration of the United States' independence. And yet this country finds itself turning 235 at a morally precarious m...

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Dumb Question of the 21st Century: Is It Legal?

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Libyan War Legal, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Post Legal Society, u.s. Wars, Waterboarding, Osama Bin Laden Legal, Torture, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

Is the Libyan war legal? Was bin Laden's killing legal? Were those "enhanced interrogation techniques" legal? These questions are irrelevant. In terms of "foreign policy," and "national security," the U.S. is now a post-legal society.

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Santorum: McCain 'Doesn't Understand' Interrogation

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North ...

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Torture Apologists Should Beware

Andrea Lyon | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, False Confessions, Osama Bin Laden Death, Torture, Osama Bin Laden, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Politics News
Andrea Lyon

We don't need torture to get information. We need intelligence, perseverance and professionalism. We have that in our intelligence community, our soldiers and our commander in chief.

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Torture Did Not Lead the U.S. to Bin Laden

David Danzig | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Torture, Interrogation, Interrogators, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Law and Security, Joe Navarro, Torture and Accountability, Osama Bin Laden, Matthew Alexander, Politics News
David Danzig

Four leading former interrogators and intelligence officials argue today that, "The use of waterboarding and other so-called 'enhanced' interrogation...

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NY Times: Harsh Interrogation Methods Played 'Small Role At Most' In Bin Laden's Capture

The New York Times | SCOTT SHANE and CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 07.03.2011

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WASHINGTON — Did brutal interrogations produce the crucial intelligence that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden?...

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Jason Linkins

Red Cross Study: A Majority Of Teens Now Support Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.13.2011

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Over at the Daily Beast, Daniel Stone dives into a study on torture conducted by the American Red Cross. "Americans' opinions on torture seem to have ...

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Loyalty And Passion In The American Christian Torture Debate

Dr. David P. Gushee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Marc Thiessen, Just War Theory, Dick Cheney, America and Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding, Christian Crusades, Bush-Cheney Administration, War on Terror, Christianity and Torture, Religion News
Dr. David P. Gushee

Our purpose here is to discuss the ethics of torture. More concretely, I will address the question of whether it was morally justifiable for the United States government to employ "enhanced interrogation techniques" sometimes classified as torture.

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The Monster & The Constitution

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damien Corsetti, Terrorism, Law and Security, Guantanamo, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Omar Khadr, September 11th, Military Commissions, Torture, Politics News
Human Rights First

By C. Dixon Osburn, Director, Law and Security program I had heard the reports before about torture and abuse of those captured by Americans after 9/...

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Are 100 deaths in U.S. custody meaningless to Marc Thiessen?

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Review, New Yorker, Marc Thiessen, War on Terror, Jane Mayer, Cia, Liz Cheney, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, September 11th, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Human Rights First

By Renée Schomp, Law and Security program Yesterday in the National Review Online, Marc Thiessen attempted to repudiate New Yorker journalist Jane M...

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The OPR Report Is Only the Beginning

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Eviatar

The final OPR report is only the beginning. We still don't know who asked Yoo and Bybee to write these memos, what specific instructions they were given or if they were they pressured to reach a particular conclusion.

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An Intelligent Way to Enhance National Security?

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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Human Rights First

By Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate, Law and Security Ever since the failed attempt to blow up a Northwest airline carrier on Christmas Day, critics ...

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Bush Interrogators Used "Abdominal Slaps" To "Instill Fear And Despair"

Raw Story | Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following article was produced by The Raw Story and written by Larisa Alexandrovna. Recently declassified documents on the Bush administration i...

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Mohammed al-Qahtani Torture Tapes To Be Released To Detainee's Lawyers

Washington Post | Del Quentin Wilber and Julie Tate | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal judge on Monday disclosed the existence of videotapes that may reveal potentially abusive interrogations of a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and o...

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