CIA agent who publicly opposed waterboarding charged with leaking classified secrets to journalists

ShareThis CIA agent who publicly opposed waterboarding charged with leaking classified secrets to journalists 06 Apr 2012 A high profile CIA agent made famous by his public opposition to waterboarding has been indicted by a grand jury for leaking government secrets to reporters. John C. Kiriakou is accused of telling journalists the name of another [...]

CIA: We Do Not “Concede or Not Concede” that Waterboarding is Illegal

ACLU National Security Project | The CIA’s lawyer made the mystifying claim that the CIA “does not concede or not concede” that waterboarding is illegal.              

Waterboarding yes, power drills no: defining torture now the issue at spruced-up Guantanamo Bay

ShareThis Waterboarding yes, power drills no: defining torture now the issue at spruced-up Guantanamo Bay –Mr Nashiri’s counsel will argue that threatening a detainee with a power drill was not on the Justice Department’s approved list of [torture] techniques. 10 Nov 2011 Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of a suicide attack on the USS [...]