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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Are black sites a prelude to return of harsh interrogation techniques?

    The president is interested in reviving the so-called CIA black sites abroad to hold terrorism suspects.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 25, 2017 • 1 min read

    The president is interested in reviving the so-called CIA black sites abroad to hold terrorism suspects.

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    Gags on scientists, executive orders on immigration
    1. 0:00Are black sites a prelude to return of harsh interrogation techniques?You’re reading this
    2. 7:56US scientists face gag orders
    3. 16:16California State Senate leader on Trump's border wall
    4. 25:19Sappy songs with Alan Cumming
    5. 39:18Remembering Mary Tyler Moore
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Gags on scientists, executive orders on immigration
    1. 0:00Are black sites a prelude to return of harsh interrogation techniques?You’re reading this
    2. 7:56US scientists face gag orders
    3. 16:16California State Senate leader on Trump's border wall
    4. 25:19Sappy songs with Alan Cumming
    5. 39:18Remembering Mary Tyler Moore
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand