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interrogation stories: 45 news summaries

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Abuse Exposed at Guantanamo

Newly released transcripts reveal interrogators denying prisoners medicine

Sep 11, 07 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly obtained reports of hostility and friction at Guantanamo Bay have been released today by the AP. These transcripts of hearings, held last year, tell of interrogators denying detainees medicine and angry inmates tossing feces at guards. One Yemeni prisoner warned that more captives would commit suicide if guards didn’... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • abuse • prisoners • detainee • interrogation • prayer

Online Book Links Torture Tests to Government

'Torture bible' details studies

Sep 6, 07 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A "torture bible" recently unearthed online indicates that the US government sanctioned and funded the torture of test subjects in psychological experiments in the '50s, apparently to perfect interrogation techniques, Boing Boing reports. The studies were commissioned by the government and involve methods "likely to be regarded as... More »

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torture • America • psychology • government study • interrogation • torture bible

Psychologists Won't Impose Gitmo Ban

Group votes to list interrogation techniques it won't help with

Aug 20, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association has voted not to ban members from assisting with interrogations at Guantanamo and other military prisons, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Instead, the group approved a measure listing specific procedures members won't help with, including sleep deprivation and water-boarding. "If we remove psychologists from these... More »

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torture • human rights • prison • Guantanamo Bay • psychology • interrogation • American Psychological Association • sleep deprivation

Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

Professional group to condemn interrogation techniques

Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon. Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long... More »

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CIA • torture • abuse • psychology • detainee • interrogation • sleep deprivation • waterboarding • torture list

McCain Opposes Water Boarding

But he's the only GOP candidate who does,
as field wrestles with detainee treatment

May 17, 07 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Rudy Giuliani is the only GOP presidential candidate who differs from the pack on abortion, John McCain stands alone on treatment of detainees, the LA Times notes. In the second debate, while Mitt Romney and Giuliani sanctioned using some forms of torture, including water boarding, on suspected terrorists, former... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • torture • Republican • presidency • interrogation • waterboarding • Election 2008

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