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- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
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Category Archives: Intelligence
Rorschach and Awe
VF.COM July 17, 2007 The War on Terror Rorschach and Awe America’s coercive interrogation methods were reverse-engineered by two C.I.A. psychologists who had spent their careers training U.S. soldiers to endure… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Psychologists Who Taught the C.I.A. How to Torture (and Charged $180 Million)
3:36 PM, December 10 2014 The Psychologists Who Taught the C.I.A. How to Torture (and Charged $180 Million) By Katherine Eban LUKE RAZZA/GETTY IMAGESFormer C.I.A. director George Tenet and former president… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
CIA report: Who are the unlikely interrogators?
9 December 2014 Last updated at 19:36 ET CIA report: Who are the unlikely interrogators? Two psychologists hired by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop enhanced interrogation procedures lacked the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Four
Hard National Security Choices Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Four By Wells Bennett and Matt Danzer Thursday, December 11, 2014… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The private contractors involved in CIA torture
INSTITUTE INDEX: The private contractors involved in CIA torture According to the 500-page summary of a Senate Intelligence Committee report released this week, amount the U.S. government paid one private contractor… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Conversation with a CIA Interrogator
December 15, 2014 Inside the Torture Chambers Conversation with a CIA Interrogator by DOUGLAS VALENTINE John Patrick Muldoon, “Picadoon” to those who knew him, was the first director of the CIA’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
It’s Cruel. It’s Useless. It’s the C.I.A.
It’s Cruel. It’s Useless. It’s the C.I.A. DEC. 10, 2014 Gail Collins We learned a lot from that big Senate Intelligence Committee report on C.I.A. interrogation tactics after 9/11. It was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Psychologists’ $81M Torture Contract Exposes CIA’s ‘Remarkably Broad’ Acquisition Authorities
Psychologists’ $81M Torture Contract Exposes CIA’s ‘Remarkably Broad’ Acquisition Authorities By Charles S. Clark December 10, 2014 Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Kevin Wolf/AP file photo Among many controversial CIA actions… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
CIA ’s torture experts got millions, face new scrutiny
CIA ’s torture experts got millions, face new scrutiny Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor McClatchy Washington Bureau 10 December 2014 WASHINGTON The well-paid psychologists had a plan and a contract to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Feinstein claims another untruth: CIA , not Senate, spent $40 million on torture study
Feinstein claims another untruth: CIA , not Senate, spent $40 million on torture study Mark Seibel McClatchy Washington Bureau 10 December 2014 WASHINGTON Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the Senate… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading