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2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11’s Wake
2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11’s Wake By SCOTT SHANE Published: August 11, 2009 WASHINGTON — Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were military retirees and psychologists, on the lookout… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Meet the Psychologists Who Helped the CIA Torture
Meet the Psychologists Who Helped the CIA Torture By Jesse Singal Follow @jessesingal The Senate Intelligence Committee’s 500-page executive summary of its report on the CIA’s torture program offers some… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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
