Interrogation

Interrogators Speak Out: Torture is Illegal, Immoral and Ineffective

Mark Fallon | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Unlawful Torture, Interrogation, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, CIA Torture, Interrogaters, Abu Graib, Torture, Anti-Torture, Crime News

Every interrogation starts with analysis. That is, getting to know the detainee, researching their background, exploring their relationships with others, reviewing any available information and figuring out what makes them tick.

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Bush-Era Official Strongly Objected On Interrogation

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Philip Zelikow Memo, Cia, Condoleezza Rice, Philip Zelikow, Interrogation, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Freedom of Information Act, Torture, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A memo released Tuesday on harsh interrogation techniques shows that a former State Department official strongly dissented from the...

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McCain Counters Cheney On Calls For Obama Apology

Posted 12.03.2011

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...

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Citibank Accused Of Murdering A Credit Card Deadbeat

Washington Post | Andrew Higgins | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: India, Jakarta, Debt Collectors, Debt Crisis, Debtors, Interrogation, Citigroup Vice Chairman Lewis B. Kaden, Citibank, International Banking, Banks, Business News

The 50-year-old businessman, invited to a Citibank office in Jakarta in late March, collapsed in a tiny room set aside by the U.S. bank for question...

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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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Former CIA Op Reveals Secret Jail: 'Some Will Call Me A Torturer'

Wired | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Hotel California, Operative, Cia, The Interrogator, Al Qaida, Interrogation, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Middle East, Glenn Carle, Secret Jail, Torture, Al Qaeda, World News

Admitting that “some will call me a torturer” is a surefire way to cut yourself off from anyone’s sympathy. But Glenn Carle, a former CIA operat...

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The Truth About False Confessions

Katy Welter | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Illinois, False Confessions, Chicago, Videotaping Interrogations, Interrogation, Wrongful Conviction, Murder Conviction Overturned, Dna Evidence, Chicago News

Understanding the conditions that give rise to false confessions will help prevent a phenomenon that implicates innocent people.

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Torture May Have Slowed Hunt For Bin Laden, Not Hastened It

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Cia, War on Terror, Liz Cheney, Interrogation, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Torture Debate, Matthew Alexander, Steven Kleinman, Bin Laden, John Yoo, Glenn Carle, Dick Cheney, Torture, Detainees, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Torture apologists are reaching precisely the wrong conclusion from the back-story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, say experienced interrogators and ...

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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

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

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Administration Grows Frustrated As Conversation Shifts From Bin Laden To Waterboarding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Ksm Waterboarding, Interrogation, Pakistan, Interrogation Techniques, Obama Interrogations, Bin Laden, Waterboarding, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Officials inside the Obama administration have grown discouraged by the abruptness with which the news over the killing of Osama bin Lad...

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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

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...

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How a U.S. Army "Gator" Gets Information in Less Than 10 Minutes

David Danzig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law and Security, Interrogation, Matthew Alexander, US Military, Army, Military, Afghanistan, Military Ethics, Iraq, West Point Cadets, West Point, Interrogation Tactics, Books News

The first time I taught a one-hour class at West Point, a 20-year-old student made it very clear that while he might be studying ethics, law and morality in school, it was practicalities that really concerned him.

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Cute/Ridiculous Animal Thing Of The Day: Dog Looks Guilty After Eating Treats (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you enjoy mysteries and cute dogs? If your answer is yes, then this video is for you. A man returns home to find a torn and empty bag of cat tr...

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White House Pushing Yemen For More Interrogation Powers, Intelligence Sharing In Wake Of Bomb Plot

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House Yemen, U.S. Interrogation, Yemen Intelligence Sharing, Interrogation, Yemen Interrogation, Yemen, Obama Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, World News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants quicker and fuller access to intelligence gleaned by Yemeni counterterrorist forces and greater abil...

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Congratulations, Congress for Speedily Working on This: It Only Took You Six Years

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, Iraq, Caci, Interrogation, Abu Ghraib, Business News

Although most of the crimes committed against the Iraqi prisoners were carried out by regular U.S. military forces, there was some private military contractor involvement.

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Lie Detector: Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, John Edwards 10 'Liespotting' Tips For Taking Back The Truth (PHOTOS)

Pamela Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Techniques, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Books, Intelligence World, Interrogation, Pamela Meyer, Alex Rodriguez, OJ Simpson, Liespotting, Deception, Sarah Palin, Lie Detection, John Edwards, Detective Techniques, Reading, Slidepollajax, Books News

It starts with the book LieSpotting, which introduces everyday people to deception detection techniques well known in law enforcement and in the intelligence world.

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A Russian-U.S. Spy Swap: What's the Rush?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Igor Sutyagin, Interrogation, Imprisoned Spies, Fbi, Russian Spies, Russia US, Spy Swap, Russian Spy Swap, Russian Spy Ring, World News

It has been barely two weeks since the alleged Russian sleeper cell was arrested. The FBI have a unique opportunity to question the suspects and get answers to tough questions.

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The Cost of Torture on Returning Vets

Matthew Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enhanced Interrogations, CIA Torture, Iraq, Interrogation, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, Torture, Soldiers, Waterboarding, Soldiers Torture, Bush Waterboarding, Veterans, Politics News

We're now beginning to see additional effects of waterboarding -- severe PTSD and suicides among those that were asked to torture and abuse detainees.

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MKULTRA: the Perversion of Ethics

Michael Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Drugs, Cold War, Cia, Lsd, Interrogation, Torture, Politics News

The CIA can wantonly destroy innocent lives in the pursuit of illusory goals. That's something you don't need a tin-foil hat to believe.

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Prayer, Confession and the Police

Mark Osler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, Interrogation, Berghuis v. Thompkins, Interrogation Techniques, Separation of Church and State, Religion News

Are we comfortable with prayer being used as a technique to get confessions? For many of us, there is something deeply troubling about this trend, which has been almost uniformly approved of by courts.

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George W. Bush Defends Waterboarding: Would Waterboard Khalid Sheik Mohammed Again

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, George W. Bush, Waterboard, Waterboarding, Bush Administration Waterboarding, Terrorism, Torture, Interrogation, Bush Waterboarding, Bush Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda, Politics News

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former President George W. Bush says if he had it to do over, he would still waterboard the self-professed mastermind of t...

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Interrogation Critics Ought to Give it a Try Sometime

Jack Cloonan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Terrorism, Interrogation, Enhanced Interrogations, Fbi, FBI Interrogations, Faisal Shahzad, Miranda Rights, Times Square, Politics News

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

Read More: Interrogation, CIA Interrogations, Department of Justice, John Yoo, Cia, Jay Bybee, Politics News

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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CIA Interrogation Methods: Documents Show 68 Lawmakers Were Briefed On Program

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, Waterboarding, Torture, Cia, CIA Interrogation, Interrogation, CIA Torture, CIA Briefing, Enhanced Interrogations, Simulated Drowning, Interrogation Briefing, Politics News

CIA officials briefed at least 68 U.S. lawmakers between 2001 and 2007 on enhanced interrogation methods like simulated drowning that were being consi...

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Dark Days

Matthew Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justice Departments, Bradbury, Bybee, Yoo, Torture Memos, Interrogation, Torture, Politics News

The previous administration failed to keep the beast in its chains. The torture and abuse of detainees was the result of professional misconduct that gave birth to war crimes. Those are the dark days.

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