Torture And The Debate On Torture -- News And Commentaries

At the heart of the debate is whether the CIA interrogation techniques produced useful information from detainees Photo: AP

Effectiveness Of Harsh Questioning Is Unclear -- Washington Post

Detainee May Have Faced Few Traditional Tactics

During his first days in detention, senior al-Qaeda operative Khalid Sheik Mohammed was stripped of his clothes, beaten, given a forced enema and shackled with his arms chained above his head, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It was then, a Red Cross report says, that his American captors told him to prepare for "a hard time."

Over the next 25 days, beginning on March 6, 2003, Mohammed was put through a routine in which he was deprived of sleep, doused with cold water and had his head repeatedly slammed into a plywood wall, according to the report. The interrogation also included days of extensive waterboarding, a technique that simulates drowning.

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CIA Reportedly Declined to Closely Evaluate Harsh Interrogations -- L.A. Times
CIA never assesed interrogation techniques: report -- AFP
Did CIA 'enhanced interrogation techniques' work or not? -- Christian Science Monitor
McCain: Don't Investigate Torture Memos -- CBS News
Spies Come Out to Criticize Memos' Release -- ABC News
CIA ignored warnings from US soldiers that torture and extreme stress would not work -- The Telegraph
Military agency warned against ‘torture’ -- MSNBC
The CIA Will Pay the Price -- The Washington Post
Allies split with US over torture -- Times Online
Inside accounts of interrogation approval differ -- AP
A Crack in the Wall of Secrecy -- New York Times Editorial
Security Before Politics -- Washington Post
Let the Senate Investigate the Interrogations -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Enough with the torture sanctimony -- Toronto Star opinion
Examining torture in the Bush era -- L.A. Times editorial
Truth about torture: Obama must block witch hunts into CIA interrogations -- New York Daily News Editorial
I never believed the US would turn on its torturers so swiftly -- The Guardian opinion
Stop the Scapegoating -- Washington Post
The Time to Investigate is Now -- New York Times