Op-Ed : The Torture Moment

The author of this article offers that the media has not squarely shouldered their responsibility regarding the coverage of allegations of possible criminal activity that has arisen since the release of the so...

CIA Field Officer Says US Sacrificed Moral Authority For Nothing

The latest contribution to Time magazine, provided by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) field officer Bob Baer, is entitled Dumb Intelligence and appears in the May 4, 2009 edition. The...

Op-Ed : Where 'Those Methods' Lead

All during the decisions leading up to and after the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning documents, currently referred to as the 'torture...

9/11 Commission Director Dissented on Torture Memo Directives

Philip Zelikow, who acted as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's adviser and as a policy representative to an NSC policy committee on intelligence and terrorism issues during the Bush administration, has...

CIA Contracted Psychologists Approved Torture Methods Used

Referring to the CIA's practice of an " .... increased pressure phase" , this article describes limiting prisoners' human contact to two persons, the CIA interrogator and a psychologist. Methods of...

A Book By Mark Danner: U.S. Torture: Voices from Black Sites

Mark Danner, author of Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror, has written another soon to be released book entitled, U.S. Torture: Voices from Black Sites. Mr. Danner obtained an...