Two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s post-9/11 detainee interrogation program will stand trial in September for promoting the use of torture methods. Federal judges in Washington State late Monday ordered a lawsuit on behalf of three former detainees to go to a jury trial. They rejected efforts to force a settlement and prevent a […]
Torture Lawsuit Against Two CIA Psychologists Delays CIA Waterboarders’ Guantánamo Testimony…
Trump CIA Nominee Mike Pompeo: Yes, Russia did the Hacking, And No, I Wouldn’t Follow Orders to Bring Back Enhanced Interrogation…
His Russia answer would have been more newsworthy today if not for the fact that Trump himself finally blamed Russia for the hackings at yesterday’s press conference. I wonder if Pompeo had a hand in that. If Team Trump asked him how he intended to testify at his confirmation hearing about the hackings and he […]
Senator Feinstein Asks President Obama To Declassify Senate’s CIA Torture Report…
Could President Obama actually declassify and release the full 6,800 page report on the massive failures of the CIA’s torture program from a decade ago? While it seems unlikely, Senator Dianne Feinstein is urging the President to release the document, fearing that the massive report may disappear into the memory hole soon…