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Five Reasons Why Torture Did Not Help U.S. Forces Find Bin Laden
Update: Fact Sheet: Officials Say Torture Did Not Reveal Bin Laden’s Whereabouts [PDF Version] The AP reported: “Current and former U.S. officials say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the...
View ArticleInterrogators Decry Glorification of Torture’s Role in Killing of Bin Laden
“Torture Did Not Lead the U.S. to bin Laden, It Almost Certainly Prolonged the Hunt.” New York, NY — Nine leading interrogators and intelligence officials, who issued a joint statement today sharply...
View ArticleHRF Praises Senator McCain’s Stand Against Torture
Senator McCain: Torture Did Not Lead to bin Laden Torture “prohibited by American laws and values, and I oppose them” Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First today praised Senator John McCain’s...
View ArticlePolitical Interference with Torture Investigations is Un-American
Cross-posted from The Huffington Post Almost a decade after reports of death and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib and other sites came to light, the prosecutor appointed to look into...
View ArticleCheney Defends the Indefensible in New Book
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memoir “In My Time” was released today (just a week from the tenth anniversary of 9/11), and he’s been out promoting it, on Dateline last night and The Today Show...
View ArticleRetired Military Leaders: Torture is Counterproductive, Unreliable, Immoral...
Washington, DC – Three dozen of the nation’s most respected retired Admirals and Generals today issued a public statement denouncing torture and urging the U.S. to uphold detainee treatment standards...
View ArticleInterrogators Speak Out: Did Torture ‘Work?’
This post is part of a series, “Interrogators Speak Out Against Torture,” organized by Human Rights First. Another round of torture debates is soon to ensue on the one-year anniversary of the killing...
View ArticleInterrogators Speak Out: Torture is Illegal, Immoral and Ineffective
This post is part of a series, “Interrogators Speak Out Against Torture,” organized by Human Rights First. Every interrogation starts with analysis. That is, getting to know the detainee, researching...
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Jose Rodriguez’s Tortured Logic
Get the real facts on torture at RealBookonTorture.orgIn his new book Hard Measures, former Director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez claims to set the record straight about the...
View ArticleClose the Book on Torture [Factsheet]
New claims made by former Torturer-in-Chief Jose Rodriguez are meant to excuse the inexcusable: torture is counterproductive, illegal, and should not be tolerated. Here’s a rundown on where Rodriguez...
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