Post by Arc on Jan 23, 2020 1:24:39 GMT
This is a very powerful article, (linked below), highlighted by the testimony and comments of those that designed or oversaw the CIA’s new “enhanced interrogation techniques” used at Gitmo and at other overseas black locations.
www.npr.org/2020/01/22/798561799/architect-of-cias-torture-program-says-it-went-too-far
The end comment by former DCI Michael Hayden on waterboarding in light of why it was started, how it was abused and why it was stopped is remarkable.
"The Agency's decision to employ waterboarding in the wake of 9/11 was not only lawful, it reflected the circumstances of the time," the statement read. "Those two realities have changed."
www.npr.org/2020/01/22/798561799/architect-of-cias-torture-program-says-it-went-too-far
The end comment by former DCI Michael Hayden on waterboarding in light of why it was started, how it was abused and why it was stopped is remarkable.
"The Agency's decision to employ waterboarding in the wake of 9/11 was not only lawful, it reflected the circumstances of the time," the statement read. "Those two realities have changed."