Torture and Accountability

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On his second day in office, President Obama signed an executive order to end torture by the U.S. government. However, the work to ensure that the United States never returns to a regime of torture is not over.

Some policymakers have advocated for a return to “enhanced interrogation techniques,” a euphemism for torture. And we have yet to see accountability for those who engaged in and authorized torture under the Bush Administration.

To ensure that we do not return to torture, we must admit that torture has occurred and hold accountable those who have engaged in and authorized torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Sign our petition to demand accountability.

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CBS’ 60 Minutes Diminishes Senator McCain’s Opposition to Torture?

Last night, 60 Minutes interviewed the former Director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, Jose Rodriguez, who is promoting a new book in which he defends the CIA’s use of torture (read how he gets his facts wrong). In the piece, anchor Leslie Stahl introduced the fact that Senator John McCain opposes Rodriguez’s position by seeming to suggest that McCain’s experience as a torture survivor somehow made him a biased commentator.


4-30-2012


Interrogators Speak Out: Why Not a Torture Turing Test?

This post is part of a series, “Interrogators Speak Out Against Torture,” organized by Human Rights First. When I wrote…


4-30-2012


Interrogators 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…


4-27-2012


Tell the Senate: Release the Real Book on Torture!

The SSCI has nearly completed a 3-year long review and 4,000-page report of the CIA’s post-September 11 detention and interrogation practices. Take action now and tell the SSCI to release a full accounting of CIA torture and abuse!


4-26-2012


Interrogators: Torture Undermines U.S. Intelligence

Washington, DC – Twelve of the nation’s top former interrogators today issued a public statement denouncing torture and affirming that lawful interrogation techniques…


4-26-2012