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Covering Up Torture? At Pentagon's Request the Washington Post Refuses To Report on Location Of Secret CIA Jails in Europe

Covering Up Torture? At Pentagon's Request the Washington Post Refuses To Report on Location Of Secret CIA Jails in Europe

We speak with Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archives on the paper’s decision to abide by a Pentagon request not to name which European nations house these secret facilities. Kornbluh compares this decision to the New York Times’ refusal to report on details of the U.S. invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in 1961. [includes rush transcript]

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