Sep 19 Court calls U.S. ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ torture By Associated Press Abu Zubaydah has been held without charge since September 2006 at the detention center on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 4:53 Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:59 The arguments for and against Gina Haspel as CIA director Should the Senate confirm CIA director nominee Gina Haspel? Nick Schifrin gets two views on her background and role in a controversial detention and interrogation program from John Rizzo, a former DIA chief legal officer, and retired U.S. Army Brig. Continue watching
Apr 20 Probe cleared Gina Haspel in destruction of waterboarding tapes, CIA memo says By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press A former top U.S. intelligence official says President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director was cleared of wrongdoing years ago. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 6:52 An Abu Ghraib ‘enhanced’ interrogator has a change of heart By PBS News Hour The military’s use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques against suspected terrorists has always been a contentious topic, and now many of its former proponents are having second thoughts. Eric Fair served as an interrogator with a private contractor in Iraq, and… Continue watching
Mar 14 Rights watchdog says Nemtsov murder suspects were likely tortured By Daniel Costa-Roberts New details have come to light about the investigation into the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, including a report from a member of the Kremlin's human rights council indicating that Russian authorities likely tortured suspects in the case. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 3:19 New life in Uruguay for former Guantanamo detainees like ‘being born for the second time’ By PBS News Hour Abu Wa'el Dhiab is one of six former Guantanamo detainees who were resettled in Uruguay this week, after being held for more than a decade without being charged. Cori Crider, lawyer for the former prisoner, talks to Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching
Dec 12 Video: Comparing Bush’s 2006 claims about CIA interrogation to what we know now By Margaret Myers In a 2006 speech to the nation, President Bush outlined the U.S.’s successes in capturing and questioning high-level terrorists involved with the 9/11 attacks. The president also lauded the contributions of intelligence officers in their quest to bring those responsible… Continue reading
Dec 12 CIA medics monitored brutal interrogation tactics By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — From the early stages of the CIA's coercive interrogations of terror detainees, the agency's health professionals were intimately involved. Front-line medics and psychologists monitored and advised on abusive tactics, even as they sometimes complained about the ethical dilemmas… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 10:48 Brennan strikes back at scathing CIA interrogation report By PBS News Hour In a rare news conference, CIA Director John Brennan defended the agency’s record on so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and conceded abuses. While Brennan said that in some cases harsh tactics led to or confirmed important information, he admitted the cause-and-effect… Continue watching