John Kiriakou
Torture
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Boeing 737 ‘torture-taxi’ used for CIA renditions
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated aircraft that were used to ferry kidnapped suspected terrorists in the now infamous U.S. rendition program to countries that permitted … Boeing 737 ‘torture-taxi’ used for CIA renditionsRead more
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US Interrogates Prisoners at UAE Torture Sites in Yemen
Kristine Beckerle Human Rights Watch The US shut down it’s global torture and secret prison program years ago. But that doesn’t mean the abuses have … US Interrogates Prisoners at UAE Torture Sites in YemenRead more
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MI6 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIA
British intelligence officers put questions to a man despite knowing he had been subjected to appalling abuse, including being waterboarded 83 times, according to damning … MI6 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIARead more
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UAE Officers Sexually Torturing Inside Secret Prisons
A new investigation has uncovered rampant sexual violence against Yemeni prisoners held in prisons run by the United Arab Emirates in Yemen. The Associated Press … UAE Officers Sexually Torturing Inside Secret PrisonsRead more
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Torture at Abu Ghraib & Secret U.S. Assassination Programs
Seymour Hersh talking: There was nothing that I wrote that wasn’t known and been reported by Human Rights Watch—a wonderful guy named John Sifton was … Torture at Abu Ghraib & Secret U.S. Assassination ProgramsRead more
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Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over Torture
the latest shake-up in the Trump administration. On Tuesday morning, President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter. In the same tweet, the … Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over TortureRead more
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Gina Haspel Should Be Answering for Her Torture Crimes
Jeremy Scahill talking: Jose Rodriguez is the guy who wrote in his memoir, which was called Hard Measures—sounded like it was like a porn movie … Gina Haspel Should Be Answering for Her Torture CrimesRead more
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She Tortured Just for the Sake of Torture
John Kiriakou talking: so many of us believed a year ago that Rex Tillerson was going to be the adult in the room at the … She Tortured Just for the Sake of TortureRead more
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Inside the CIA’s black site torture room
There were 20 cells inside the prison, each a stand-alone concrete box. In 16, prisoners were shackled to a metal ring in the wall. In … Inside the CIA’s black site torture roomRead more