Enhanced Interrogations

War Movie Marathon

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: 9/11, Dana Andrews, Torture, Guantanamo, Enhanced Interrogations, American Torture, George W. Bush, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Does torture fit with historical American values? One need only look to the filmography of the great Dana Andrews for the answer.

Read Post

Max J. Rosenthal

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: James Mann, The Obamians, Video, Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Hayden, Cia, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, CIA Torture, Obama Torture, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Dan Froomkin

Torture Didn't Help Find Bin Laden, U.S. Senators Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Video, Osama Bin Laden Death, Enhanced Interrogations, Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden, Torture, Politics News

Two senators privy to classified information angrily dispute the claim by a former CIA official that the Bush administration's coercive interrogation ...

Read Whole Story

Interrogators Speak Out: America Is Morally Bipolar

Matthew Alexander | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Torture, Torture Debate, Enhanced Interrogations, Jose Rodriguez, Hard Measures, Jose Rodriguez Hard Measures, Interrogators, Politics News
Matthew Alexander

Another year, another round of the torture debate -- the pattern keeps repeating itself. Each year, the pro-torture advocates submit a new mouthpiece, and each year the anti-torture advocates offer up actual interrogators.

Read Post

Senate Investigation Finds Little Evidence That 'Torture' Is Effective

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Video, Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats, Cia, George W. Bush, Reuters, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Interrogators Speak Out: Did Torture 'Work?'

Jim Clemente | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Guantanamo, Enhanced Interrogations, Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, High Value Interrogation Group, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Jose Rodriguez Hard Measures, Torture Tapes, Interrogators, Politics News
Jim Clemente

Another round of torture debates is soon to ensue on the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Jose Rodriguez, the former CIA agent notorious for destroying 'the torture tapes,' will release his new book, Hard Measures, on the same date.

Read Post

An Odd Thanksgiving Proposal: Let's Go Back to Torturing Detainees

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Bush Administration, 2012 Presidential Election, Cia, Army Field Manual, Thanksgiving, David Petraeus, Sen.Kelly Ayotte, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Defense Department, Torture, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

A disturbing trend among some Republicans lately, as we saw in last night's debate, is to treat any terror-related crime as something completely new and different, which needn't comply with even our most basic sense of decency, let alone U.S. law.

Read Post

Groups Say Controversial Amendment Would Lead To Legalized Torture

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Aclu, Defense Bill Aclu, Video, Kelly Ayotte Defense Bill, Defense Bill, Kelly Ayotte Interrogation, Kelly Ayotte Detainee Interrogation, Kelly Ayotte Terrorist Interrogation, Kelly Ayotte Defense Bill Amendmet, Detainee Abuse, Detainee Interrogation, Enhanced Interrogations, Kelly Ayotte Aclu, Kelly Ayotte, Aclu Defense Bill, Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Civil rights groups on Tuesday implored lawmakers to oppose Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte's effort to expand forms of interrogation ...

Read Whole Story

Joshua Hersh

Herman Cain Weighs In On Torture Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: GOP Debate, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Elections 2012, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Herman Cain Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Gitmo, GOP Candidates, u.s. Foreign Policy, Herman Cain 2012, Video, Herman Cain Torture, 2012 Gop Candidates, Herman Cain, Enhanced Interrogations, Gitmo Detainees, Torture, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

You Have No Rights

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights, Right to Privacy, War on Terror, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Civil Rights, Yaser Hamdi, Declaration of Independence, Freedom of Speech, Patriot Act, Anwar Al Awlaki, Human Rights, Jose Padilla, Enhanced Interrogations, Japanese, Constitution, World War II, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

We talk about rights to privacy regularly but few people can point to what exactly those rights are. More importantly, what guarantees those rights? What guarantees us that our rights will not be infringed upon? The answer is... nothing!

Read Post

McCain Counters Cheney On Calls For Obama Apology

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: John McCain, Dick Cheney Obama, Dick Cheney Obama Apology, Mccain, Anwar Al Awlaki Killed, Interrogation, Dick Cheney John McCain, McCain Cheney, Dick Cheney Torture, Obama Torture, Dick Cheney, Anwar Al Awlaki, Video, Dick Cheney Mccain, Liz Cheney, John Mccain Cheney, Enhanced Interrogations, John McCain Torture, Obama Cairo Speech, Torture, Politics News

In an appearance Monday on CNN, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared to reject a suggestion from former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Li...

Read Whole Story

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.

Read Post

The Truth About Whistleblowing

Alma Katsu | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Whistleblowers, Cia, The Interrogator, Ali Soufan, Enhanced Interrogations, CIA Torture, Glenn Carle, Censorship, Torture, DC News
Alma Katsu

Are whistleblowers disgruntled troublemakers looking for attention? Or are courts and federal agencies colluding to squash valid criticism?

Read Post

Dick Cheney Had Secret Resignation Letter Locked In A Safe

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Dick Cheney Memoir, Video, Dick Cheney Waterboarding, Vice President Dick Cheney, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Enhanced Interrogations, Dick Cheney Book, Dick Cheney Resignation Letter, Dick Cheney Torture, Waterboarding, Dick Cheney, Politics News

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 ...

Read Whole Story

Innocent, But Forced to Confess -- To Murder

Rashad Robinson | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice, Youth, Prison, Enhanced Interrogations, Dixmoor Five, Coercive-Interrogation, Englewood Five, False Confessions, Confession, Politics News
Rashad Robinson

Every day, many law enforcement officials treat Black youth as criminals, denying them their right to due process and basic dignity. The consequences of these practices are life-threatening.

Read Post

Justice Department To Investigate CIA Interrogation Deaths

AP | PETE YOST and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Cia Interrogation Deaths, War on Terror, Cia, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Enhanced Interrogations, Cia Interrogation Deaths Investigation, Waterboarding, Justice Department, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inquiry into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees has led to a full criminal investigation into the dea...

Read Whole Story

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.

Read Post

Tortuous Logic: Bin Laden's Death Should Not Be Used as a Pretext To Divide the Public on Torture

Julie B. Gutman | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Enhanced Interrogations, Julie Gutman, Abu Ghraib, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Torture, World News
Julie B. Gutman

The political repercussions of using or endorsing torture are profound. As the U.S. learned -- or should have learned -- during the Abu Ghraib fallout, political trust and respect are difficult to earn and easy to lose.

Read Post

Republicans On Torture, Post-Osama Bin Laden: Defending Against Prosecution?

Carla Seaquist | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Karl Rove, George W. Bush, Congressman Peter King, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Osama Bin Laden Killed, John Yoo, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Osama Bin Laden, War Crimes, Bush Administration Torture, Abu Ghraib Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Enhanced Interrogations, Torture Memos, International Court of Justice, Torture, Politics News
Carla Seaquist

In these days since President Barack Obama announced that a SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, notice how quickly Re...

Read Post

Since When Are Moral and Constitutional Violations Judged by Whether or Not They Work?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Enhanced Interrogations, Foreign Prisons, Illegal Wiretaps, Constitutional Violations, Extraordinary Rendition, Guantanamo, Torture, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

It is bizarrely fascinating to me that the conservatives have found vindication for torture, Guantanamo, extraordinary rendition, foreign prison sites...

Read Post

With Bin Laden's Death - Torture Is Still Not The Answer

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, God, United States, Donald Rumsfeld, Enhanced Interrogations, Bush Torture, Morality, Golden Rule, Torture, Osama Bin Laden, Religion News
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

Torture debases the persons tortured, as well as the torturers, and it violates the two truths that are common to most people of faith: every human being is created in God's image and we should love our neighbors as ourselves.

Read Post

The Death of OBL: The Perfect Purple Moment... Almost

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Enhanced Interrogations, Osama Bin Laden, Torture, Politics News
Lanny Davis

The stunning news of the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday night was quickly followed by spontaneous celebrations in front of the White House, Times ...

Read Post

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

Read More: Peter King, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Central Intelligence Agency, Abu-Faraj-Al-Libi, Osama Bin Laden Death, Pakistan, Dianne Feinstein, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Osama Bin Laden Killed, John Yoo, Senate Intelligence Committee, Hassan Ghul, Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Enhanced Interrogations, Osama Bin Laden Courier, Iraq, Torture, World News

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

Read Whole Story

The Truth Behind U.S. Interrogation Policy

Human Rights First | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Intelligence, War on Terror, Cia, Counterterrorism, Law and Security, Terrorism, Interrogation, Fbi, Enhanced Interrogations, Joe Navarro, Umar Patek Pakistan, Politics News
Human Rights First

by Joe Navarro Has the CIA been displaced from its rightful role as global terrorist jailer and interrogator, a shift that may make the United States...

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Red Cross Study: A Majority Of Teens Now Support Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Adam Serwer, US Soldiers, Costs of War, American Exceptionalism, Red Cross, The New York Times, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Harvard, Teenagers, USA Today, Soldiers, Harvard University, Teens, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, American Red Cross, Media Criticism, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, The Daily Beast, Torture, Troubled Teens, Media News

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 ...

Read Whole Story