On Capitol Hill, the chair of the Senate Armed Forces Committee Carl Levin has accused top Bush administration officials of sanctioning the use of harsh interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo, …
A new Senate investigation has confirmed the Pentagon sought the help of military psychologists as early as 2002 to devise aggressive interrogation methods that are considered torture by many legal …
The American Psychological Association is in the midst of its own heated presidential campaign. The central issue is whether APA members should be banned from participating in “harsh interrogations.” …
A leading critic of the American Psychological Association's stance on interrogations stands a chance to become the APA's next president. During the initial phase of the selection process, Steven …
A new exposé in Vanity Fair by British attorney Philippe Sands reveals new details about how attorney John Yoo and other high-ranking administration lawyers helped design and implement the …
Darius Rejali has been described as "one of the world’s leading thinkers and writers on the subject of torture and the consequences of its use for modern society." Rejali is a professor of political …
Another prominent member of the American Psychological Association has resigned to protest the organization's stance allowing psychologists to be involved in CIA and military interrogations. The …
Over the past six years, Democracy Now! has closely followed the story of illegal detentions at Guantanamo Bay. We have interviewed former Guantanamo detainees and interrogators, dozens of …
Today, part two of our special look back at 2007, including the Jena Six, the Petraeus report, the trial of Jose Padilla, Alberto Gonzales's resignation, Alan Greenspan v. Naomi Klein, Michael Mukasey …
Today, part one of our special look back at 2007, including Saddam Hussein's execution, the U.S. bombing of Somalia, the Appeal for Redress, Scooter Libby's convicton, the firing of Don Imus, the …