I have brought facts to the table, information that undermines the torture narrative they have made careers of spinning. For years, critics like Mayer could level any unfounded accusation they wanted ...
Is CIA morale going to suffer from the Justice Department’s opening of an investigation into the agency’s use of harsh interrogation methods under the Bush Administration? To a degree, yes. But ...
WASHINGTON - After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA's brutal interrogation program lost track of captives, led to false confessions and fabricated information, and produced no useful ...
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report Tuesday that accused the CIA of going beyond the law after the 9-11 attacks, arguing the intelligence agency's interrogation techniques ...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and other members of the Bush Administration might have had a tense weekend. After months of delay and controversy, the Obama Administration is expected on Monday to ...
A partially declassified CIA report released Monday by the Obama administration describes the early implementation of the agency's interrogation program http://www ...
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced Thursday it has ended its investigation into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees without bringing criminal charges. The decision in the probes of ...
The aftershocks of the interrogation policy continue. President Barack Obama's recent decision to release Bush administration legal memorandums on interrogation and to fend off calls for a broad ...
“These techniques did significant damage to America’s standing in the world and made it harder to pursue our interests with allies and partners.” — President Barack Obama “Interrogations of detainees ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday he will not allow criminalization of policy differences over CIA interrogations, but will pursue any wrongdoing. Critics of ...
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