NPR: torture report https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=369657600 torture report en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 14:05:14 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: torture report https://www.npr.org/tags/369657600/torture-report CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces A Senate Showdown Haspel is the first woman nominated for the CIA's top job. Her covert career and links to waterboarding will likely make for an unusual Senate confirmation hearing with an uncertain outcome. Sun, 06 May 2018 19:17:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/06/608521343/cia-nominee-gina-haspel-faces-a-senate-showdown https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/06/608521343/cia-nominee-gina-haspel-faces-a-senate-showdown

Haspel is the first woman nominated for the CIA's top job. Her covert career and links to waterboarding will likely make for an unusual Senate confirmation hearing with an uncertain outcome.

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]]> Greg Myre Psychologists Behind CIA 'Enhanced Interrogation' Program Settle Detainees' Lawsuit Psychologists Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell devised a list of brutal methods, including waterboarding, that were meant to condition detainees into a state of helplessness. Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544183178/psychologists-behind-cia-enhanced-interrogation-program-settle-detainees-lawsuit https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544183178/psychologists-behind-cia-enhanced-interrogation-program-settle-detainees-lawsuit

Psychologists Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell devised a list of brutal methods, including waterboarding, that were meant to condition detainees into a state of helplessness.

]]> Bill Chappell Thailand Says It Was Unaware Of CIA 'Black Site' On Its Soil Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the U.S. never told Thai officials of the existence of a safe house where top al-Qaida operatives were allegedly subjected to torture. Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:54:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/19/371865080/thailand-says-it-was-unaware-of-cia-black-site-on-its-soil https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/19/371865080/thailand-says-it-was-unaware-of-cia-black-site-on-its-soil Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the U.S. never told Thai officials of the existence of a safe house where top al-Qaida operatives were allegedly subjected to torture.

]]> Scott Neuman 'Torture Report': A Closer Look At When And What President Bush Knew A Senate investigation says President George W. Bush was not briefed on the specifics of how the CIA interrogated terrorism suspects until four years into the program. Bush denies that. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:58:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/16/369876047/torture-report-a-closer-look-at-when-and-what-president-bush-knew https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/16/369876047/torture-report-a-closer-look-at-when-and-what-president-bush-knew A Senate investigation says President George W. Bush was not briefed on the specifics of how the CIA interrogated terrorism suspects until four years into the program. Bush denies that.

]]> Eyder Peralta Cheney On Harsh Interrogation: 'I'd Do It Again In A Minute' The former vice president doubled down on his defense of the Bush administration's use of such techniques, calling the Senate's recent report "seriously flawed." Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:11:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/14/370779708/cheney-on-enhanced-interrogation-id-do-it-again-in-a-minute https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/14/370779708/cheney-on-enhanced-interrogation-id-do-it-again-in-a-minute The former vice president doubled down on his defense of the Bush administration's use of such techniques, calling the Senate's recent report "seriously flawed."

]]> Scott Neuman Even If Torture Doesn't Work In The Real World, TV Has Us Convinced It Does For TV writers, "enhanced interrogation" are just one more storytelling device. But has its surefire success in shows like <em>24</em> influenced how and when real-life interrogators employ torture? Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:01:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2014/12/12/370264893/even-if-torture-doesnt-work-in-the-real-world-tv-has-us-convinced https://www.npr.org/2014/12/12/370264893/even-if-torture-doesnt-work-in-the-real-world-tv-has-us-convinced 24.'/>

For TV writers, "enhanced interrogation" are just one more storytelling device. But has its surefire success in shows like 24 influenced how and when real-life interrogators employ torture?

]]> Eric Deggans 'Unknowable' If CIA Methods Elicited Useful Information, Agency's Chief Says John Brennan's comments come two days after the Senate intelligence committee released the executive summary of its report on the CIA's interrogation practices. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:13:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/11/370106597/do-not-publish-cia-chief-brennan-says-senate-s-torture-report-xxx https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/11/370106597/do-not-publish-cia-chief-brennan-says-senate-s-torture-report-xxx John Brennan's comments come two days after the Senate intelligence committee released the executive summary of its report on the CIA's interrogation practices.

]]> Krishnadev Calamur Dick Cheney On Senate Torture Investigation: 'The Report Is Full Of Crap' The former vice president defended the brutal interrogation of terrorism suspects and said he would "do it again in a minute." Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:40:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/11/370055472/dick-cheney-on-senate-torture-investigation-the-report-is-full-of-crap https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/11/370055472/dick-cheney-on-senate-torture-investigation-the-report-is-full-of-crap The former vice president defended the brutal interrogation of terrorism suspects and said he would "do it again in a minute."

]]> Eyder Peralta Talking Point Or Proof Of Value: CIA Tactics And The 'Second Wave' Plot The CIA and its defenders disagree with the Senate Intelligence Committee report on whether enhanced interrogations prevented a group of 17 Pakistanis from attacking the U.S. just after Sept. 11. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:55:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2014/12/11/370022528/talking-point-or-proof-of-value-cia-tactics-and-the-second-wave-plot https://www.npr.org/2014/12/11/370022528/talking-point-or-proof-of-value-cia-tactics-and-the-second-wave-plot The CIA and its defenders disagree with the Senate Intelligence Committee report on whether enhanced interrogations prevented a group of 17 Pakistanis from attacking the U.S. just after Sept. 11.

]]> Steve Inskeep What Is Torture? Our Beliefs Depend In Part On Who's Doing It. Researchers are studying how nations and individuals react when they given information that members of their own group have harmed other people, such as through torture. It takes some nimble thinking. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:55:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2014/12/11/370022493/what-is-torture-our-beliefs-depend-in-part-on-whos-doing-it https://www.npr.org/2014/12/11/370022493/what-is-torture-our-beliefs-depend-in-part-on-whos-doing-it Researchers are studying how nations and individuals react when they given information that members of their own group have harmed other people, such as through torture. It takes some nimble thinking.

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