March 28, 2015 March 2002: Abu Zubayadah, the first “high value” detainee & first tortured guinea pigAbu Zubaydah was described as al-Qaeda’s coordinator of attacks who helped manage an Al Qaeda training camp Read More March 2002: Abu Zubayadah, the first “high value” detainee & first tortured guinea pig
March 28, 2015 Seasoned professionals within the administration opposed use of tortureThe Senate Armed Services Committee Report (2009) shows that in memos to the Office of Legal Counsel in Read More Seasoned professionals within the administration opposed use of torture
March 28, 2015 Published scientific reports show SERE training caused U.S. soldiers harmSERE is the acronym for “survival, evasion, resistance escape”, a military training program.(Read more above ) Published Read More Published scientific reports show SERE training caused U.S. soldiers harm
March 28, 2015 Aug. 1, 2002: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Redefines TortureThe Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a series of infamous “Torture Memoranda” Read More Aug. 1, 2002: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Redefines Torture
March 28, 2015 Sept. 25, 2002: Senior administration lawyers visit GTMO & urge tougher interrogationsAlberto Gonzales Counsel to the President, David Addington, Counsel to the Vice President, Jim Haynes DoD General Read More Sept. 25, 2002: Senior administration lawyers visit GTMO & urge tougher interrogations
March 28, 2015 Torture was applied within an illegal and immoral experimental framework According to the Senate Armed Services Committee Report (2009), several witnesses expressed concerns about using the term Read More Torture was applied within an illegal and immoral experimental framework
March 28, 2015 2002: Guantanamo: “America’s Battle Laboratory”The stated purpose of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center (GTMO), opened in Jan. 2002, was to house Read More 2002: Guantanamo: “America’s Battle Laboratory”
March 28, 2015 Medical Professionals lent essential ethical shield for Torture PolicyWithout collaborating doctors & psychologists there would have been no U.S. torture of prisoners of the War Read More Medical Professionals lent essential ethical shield for Torture Policy
March 28, 2015 Depraved “scientific” end-point of torture was to test the limits of human enduranceCollaborating health professionals assessed the ability of detainees to endure severe pain; they calibrated the level of Read More Depraved “scientific” end-point of torture was to test the limits of human endurance
March 28, 2015 American Doctors & psychologists devise, test & calibrate torture techniques to maximize painSome of the inhumane methods were atrocious in ways that are scarcely imaginable. One prisoner was subjected to Read More American Doctors & psychologists devise, test & calibrate torture techniques to maximize pain
March 28, 2015 April 2004: Abu Ghraib graphic depiction of sadistic, blatant criminal abusesOn April 28, 2004, CBS-60 Minutes broadcast the first of a horrific series of excruciatingly graphic Abu Read More April 2004: Abu Ghraib graphic depiction of sadistic, blatant criminal abuses
March 28, 2015 The Role of Behavioral Science Consultation Teams (called BSCTs)Behavioral Science Consultation Teams (BSCTs) – primarily psychologists and psychiatrists – were integral to CIA’s brutal interrogations Read More The Role of Behavioral Science Consultation Teams (called BSCTs)
March 28, 2015 Oct. 2, 2002: Top Secret memo specifies 3 torture categoriesThe memo was written by psychiatrist Major Paul Burney and psychologist Major John Leso, is still classified Read More Oct. 2, 2002: Top Secret memo specifies 3 torture categories
March 28, 2015 The Covert Objective for the Use of TortureAs pertinent U.S. government documents slowly emerge from the dark, a record of criminal violence, subterfuge and Read More The Covert Objective for the Use of Torture