Read more harsh interrogation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19220/harsh-interrogation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73337/cia-officer-we-broke-the-law-with-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the CIA agents convicted in Italy today of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 says the mission "broke the law" and that she feels "abandoned and betrayed" by the US government. The case involving ex-officer Sabrina DeSousa and 22 other Americans is the first challenge to the US...http://www.newser.com/story/73337/cia-officer-we-broke-the-law-with-kidnapping.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72796/metallica-singer-proud-of-musics-role-in-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMetallica frontman James Hetfield is rather proud his band's music was played at top volume to break down the resistance of Guantanamo detainees under interrogation. "It’s strong, it’s music that’s powerful,” he told an interviewer from a German TV network. “It represents something that they don’t like—maybe freedom, aggression—...http://www.newser.com/story/72796/metallica-singer-proud-of-musics-role-in-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 1:46:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69804/justice-department-narrows-inquiry-into-cia-tactics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEric Holder continues to take heavy flak from critics who think he should leave the CIA alone, and the Washington Post has news that should give them at least a bit of satisfaction: The Justice Department's preliminary investigation will be smaller than anticipated. The lead investigator will look at only...http://www.newser.com/story/69804/justice-department-narrows-inquiry-into-cia-tactics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 10:17:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68494/cia-docs-accused-of-human-experimentation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCIA doctors who monitored the agency's "enhanced interrogation" of terror suspects may be guilty of war crimes linked to human experimentation, according to a new report from a medical ethics group. The report from Physicians for Human Rights accuses the doctors and psychologists of being involved at every stage of...http://www.newser.com/story/68494/cia-docs-accused-of-human-experimentation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 4:34:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68258/monstrous-liar-cheney-manipulates-the-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSince leaving government, Dick Cheney has realized that TV and newspapers will report anything he says, writes Dan Froomkin for the Huffington Post, even though "he is a monstrous liar”—remember Saddam's WMDs? "After years of speaking in whispers, operating by proxy, and leaving as few fingerprints as possible," Cheney...http://www.newser.com/story/68258/monstrous-liar-cheney-manipulates-the-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 16:42:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68130/cheney-learn-from-cia-dont-investigate-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration should be asking CIA interrogators how they managed to ward off terrorist attacks for 8 years rather than investigating possible breaches of law while doing so, former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News today. Investigating interrogators is an "outrageous political act" that will do long-term damage,...http://www.newser.com/story/68130/cheney-learn-from-cia-dont-investigate-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 6:49:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67920/memos-cia-kept-prisoner-awake-chained-for-6-days.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn late 2007, a year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee twice, keeping him awake for 5 and then 6 straight days, with permission from government lawyers to go over the 4-day limit. Interrogators kept the...http://www.newser.com/story/67920/memos-cia-kept-prisoner-awake-chained-for-6-days.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67615/obama-replaces-cia-with-special-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has ordered the creation of an elite squad that will take over terror interrogations from the CIA, senior officials tell the Washington Post. Dubbed the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG, the unit will be housed with the FBI, but overseen by the White House through the National...http://www.newser.com/story/67615/obama-replaces-cia-with-special-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 9:06:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report by the ethics office of the Justice Department recommends reopening a dozen cases of alleged prisoner abuse, a move that would expose CIA employees to prosecution if it's determined they tortured terrorism suspects, reports the New York Times . Legal experts predict Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a...http://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 3:09:12 CDT