Harsh Interrogations

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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Donald Rumsfeld: Harsh Interrogation Helped 'In Saving Lives,' 'Troubled' Me

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reportedly believes that harsh interrogation tactics used during his overseeing of the Bush administration...

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Rove: I'm 'Proud' Of Waterboarding

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with the BBC, Karl Rove declared he is 'proud' of the US's use of harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. The former Bus...

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The 'Bright Line Rule': New Papers Detail FBI, CIA Wrangle Over Torture

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA ove...

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Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

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McCain Denies Giving OK To CIA Torture Tactic

TIME | MIchael Scherer and Bobby Ghosh | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Senator John McCain, a torture survivor from his days as a captive during the Vietnam War, says his private comments about harsh interrogation me...

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Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."

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Why Trial Date for African Embassy Bombing Suspect Is Good News

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.

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Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 Report into the interrogations of "high-value detainees."

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Harry Reid: Interrogation Photos "Are Not Going To Be Released"

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just made two seemingly contradictory assertions: First, that so-called "torture" photos of interrogations won't ev...

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Justice Dept. Lawyers Agreed On Legality Of Harsh Interrogations

New York Times | SCOTT SHANE and DAVID JOHNSTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques, even some who believed that using to...

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Zelikow: Harsh Interrogations A "Collective Failure"

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former State Department counselor Philip Zelikow told the first congressional panel convened to address allegations of torture that Bush administratio...

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I Think I Owe Lynndie England an Apology

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Dupuy

I never thought I would say this, but Lynndie England is a symbol of embarrassment. Not because she posed in pictures following orders, but because our government let her take the fall.

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Officials Studying Whether Harsh Interrogation Tactics Were Effective

Los Angeles Times | Greg Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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The release of internal Bush administration interrogation memos this week answered long-standing questions about the CIA's techniques for getting pris...

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What We Do And Don't Know About US Medical Personnel and Interrogations

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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The list of unknowns is long. How, why and when the CIA brought SERE-affiliated psychologists and psychiatrists into the interrogation strategy of detainees remains a mystery.

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Obama Ready To Ban Harsh Interrogations

AP | LARA JAKES and PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the C...

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Officials Warned Against Using Snarling Dogs, Forced Nudity During Interrogations, Senate Investigation Finds

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam...

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