CIA

The man who knew too much

He was the CIA's expert on Pakistan's nuclear secrets, but Rich Barlow was thrown out and disgraced when he blew the whistle on a US cover-up. Now he's to have his day in court. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report

Saturday October 13, 2007
original article @ Guardian

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations

October 4, 2007
This article is by Scott Shane, David Johnston and James Risen.
original article @ www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations.

Verschärfte Vernehmung / enhanced interrogation

This page deals with the modern history of "enhanced interrogation".

The first article, Verschärfte Vernehmung is by Andrew Sullivan. It compares the "enhanced interrogation" of the Gestapo in WW2 with the "enhanced interrogation" as practiced by the Americans today in their "war on Terror". Please go to to the original article at The Daily Dish | Verschärfte Vernehmung. The article has graphics and links to archival material.

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