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Prisoner Abuse and National Security
A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union forced the Obama Administration to release a CIA Inspector General’s report kept secret since 2004. Now we know that CIA interrogators used a gun and a power drill, faked an execution, choked one prisoner and threatened to kill another one’s children.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readA lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union forced the Obama Administration to release a CIA Inspector General’s report kept secret since 2004. Now we know that CIA interrogators used a gun and a power drill, faked an execution, choked one prisoner and threatened to kill another one’s children. Former Vice President Dick Cheney says they deserve America’s gratitude. Attorney General Eric Holder wants them investigated for possible crimes. President Obama established a new, Interagency Interrogation Group led by the FBI. Should policy-makers in the Bush White House be held accountable, too? Can the CIA still do its job? What’s the new role of the FBI? What does it take to protect America’s safety and obey the law?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
R. Jeffrey Smith
National Investigative Correspondent, Washington Post
Jane Mayer
New Yorker
Tim Weiner
author of “Enemies: A History of the FBI”
The full episode
2 of 3Prisoner Abuse and National Security- 0:00Obama Interrupts Vacation to Ask Bernanke to Stay on at Fed
- 7:37Prisoner Abuse and National SecurityYou’re reading this
- 44:54England and Scotland Upset over Lockerbie Bomber's Release