Lawyers, military figures and Bush Administration insiders believed that so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques really were torture. But Vice President Cheney insisted they were the only way to head off another September 11, despite warnings about prosecution for war crimes. A new book, The Dark Side, also reports that dissenters lost their jobs, even as "enhanced" interrogation produced false information that derailed the war on terror. Will there be a call to accountability?
The Dark Side of America's War on Terror
Credits
Guests:
- Jane Mayer - New Yorker - @JaneMayerNYer
- Clifford D. May - Foundation for the Defense of Democracies - @CliffordDMay
- Noel Francisco - former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel
- Scott Horton - Columbia Law School / Harper's - @ColumbiaLaw