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Freed U.S. Reporter Roxana Saberi: Fear Led to My False Confession to Iranian Interrogators

Agence France PresseMay 28, 2009.

"Yes, I'm a U.S. spy," Saberi told Iranian interrogators after being threatened with with harsh punishment, even execution.

Revealed: U.S. Interrogators May Have Killed Dozens of Detainees

John Byrne, Raw Story. May 6, 2009.

In all, 98 detainees have died while in U.S. hands, with 34 identified as homicides, at least eight of which were tortured to death.

CIA Director 'Fires' Military Contractors From Interrogating Terror Detainees

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 9, 2009.

Leon Panetta said on Thursday that interrogators will be replaced by agency employees and promised that no suspects would be tortured.

UPDATED: U.S. Soldier Convicted in Execution-Style Murder of Iraqi Detainees

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 30, 2009.

Sgt. Joseph Mayo was sentenced to 35 years for his role in the killing, in which four Iraqis were bound, shot, and thrown in a canal.

Former U.S. Interrogator: Torture Policy Has Led to More Deaths than 9/11 Attacks

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. December 5, 2008.

"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me," says the author of How to Break a Terrorist.

Report: Closing Gitmo at Top of Obama's To-Do List

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. November 11, 2008.

The president-elect has been a longtime critic of the U.S. gulag at Guantanamo Bay.

Letters from an Abu Ghraib Interrogator

Aaron Glantz, IPS News. September 10, 2008.

How an interrogator working for the U.S. Army had a spiritual awakening at Iraq's most notorious prison.

End Psychologists' Role in State Torture

Stephen Soldz, Boston Globe. August 12, 2008.

Psychologists have become accomplices to torture. They owe it to their profession to oppose abuses, not participate in them.

No Justice in Hamdan Verdict

Center for Constitutional RightsAugust 6, 2008.

Salim Hamdan's military commission trial "will never be seen as legitimate by the world."

"Screwed Up" and "Abused": The Interrogation of 16-Year-Old Omar Khadr

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 16, 2008.

A closer look at the first Guantánamo interrogation to be released on video reveals, above all, a "victimized and exploited" child.

Forced Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners: A Crisis for Health Professionals

Stephen Soldz, AlterNet. April 23, 2008.

With growing evidence of involuntary drugging of prisoners at Guantánamo, health professionals must take an unequivocal stance on torture.

The Torture Election: Fighting for the Soul of the American Psychological Association

Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet. April 23, 2008.

In the race for the presidency of the APA, an anti-torture candidate is beating the odds.

Torturers in the White House: Why Is This Story Being Ignored?

Ruth Conniff, The Progressive. April 17, 2008.

We now have confirmation that the President of the United States gave the OK to torture. Where is the media? Where are the Democrats?

'The Blueprint That Led to Abu Ghraib'

The Progress ReportApril 8, 2008.

The Department of Justice memo released last week is a chilling -- and revealing -- look at the Bush administration's torture policy.

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