I’m about to interview the 81-year-old doyen of investigative journalism Seymour Hersh. Sy Hersh – as he is affectionately known by those close to him – was once described by the Financial Times as “the last great American reporter”. Hersh has brought out his memoir Reporter covering the span of his career as one of […]
Trump Administration Moves to Keep Full CIA ‘Torture’ Report Secret…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has begun returning to Congress copies of a voluminous 2014 report describing the CIA’s harsh detention and interrogation programs, U.S. officials said on Friday. The Trump administration’s move means it could be more difficult for the full, 6,700-page report to be made public, because documents held by Congress are exempt […]
Hiding the Ugly Business of U.S. Torture by Ray McGovern…
Trump Nominates ‘Torture Memo’ Author to Administration Post…
KEEPER: The Torture Database…
Major New Court Ruling Says “Even The President” Can’t Declare Torture Lawful…
“While executive officers can declare the military reasonableness of conduct amounting to torture, it is beyond the power of even the president to declare such conduct lawful,” wrote appellate Judge Barbara Keenan…
CIA Documents Show How Deeply Doctors and Health Professionals Were Involved in Torture…
Obama Administration Hire’s ‘Abu Ghraib’ Torture Company for Syria…
Obama’s Detention and Interrogation Methods…
Declassified CIA Documents Reveal a Deadly Security State Operating Far Outside the Bounds of Democratic Control…
In June 2006, President George W. Bush told Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Michael Hayden that he was worried. The subject of Bush’s concern was a picture of a CIA detainee…