The conclusions reached by the Senate Intelligence Committee in a new report on so-called harsh interrogation techniques are a damning critique of the Central Intelligence Agency. Not only did the agency torture people, but it did so while lying about it and getting no value from the information it gathered.
Poland was home to one of the secret CIA “black sites” where detainees were held and tortured. But while a new report detailed the abuses prisoners suffered, some Poles wonder why they seems to be the only country willing to take their leaders to task for their involvement.
The legality of waterboarding, the role of state-sponsored surveillance and the importance of whistle-blowers–those were just a few of the major questions thrown at James Comey before a Senate Judiciary Committee. Comey is President Obama’s pick to lead the FBI. From 2003 to 2005, Comey served as deputy attorney general under President Bush, and while […]