The Terrorist Hunters Become Political Quarry: The CIA and Rendition, Detention and Interrogation

2020 ◽  
pp. 451-468
Author(s):  
Huw Dylan ◽  
David V. Gioe ◽  
Michael S. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Al Qaeda ◽  
Interrogation Techniques ◽  
Enhanced Interrogation

The chapter focuses on the CIA’s relationship with its political masters and oversight mechanisms in the aftermath of 9/11. The post 9/11 CIA was different, and working to new rules: detentions at Guantanamo, extraordinary renditions, enhanced interrogation techniques, black sites, waterboarding were sanctioned in the global hunt for al-Qaeda members, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Nashiri. However, these techniques became extremely controversial and led to reviewing the oversight of the CIA’s activities. Document: Concerns Over Revised Interrogation Plan For Nashiri.

Definition of Torture in US Law

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Metin Başoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Committee Report ◽  
The Us ◽  
Interrogation Techniques ◽  
Us Senate ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Enhanced Interrogation ◽  
Torture Memos

In the light of the US Senate Intelligence Committee Report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program confirming the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” to induce “learned helplessness” in detainees, this chapter reviews the scientific basis for the US definition of torture and its interpretation in the “Torture Memos.” These memoranda clearly indicate that “enhanced interrogation techniques” are designed for use in combination with specific intent to induce learned helplessness. Abundant research evidence shows that learned helplessness is mental harm that is severe enough to qualify as torture even by US standards. Although the US definition of torture seems to create potential loopholes for impunity, it suffers from certain logical inconsistencies, scientifically unfounded assumptions, and perhaps even “loopholes” that may well render legal cover for use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” difficult, if not impossible—at least not possible in a way that can be justified by logical reasoning or scientific evidence.

Psychologists and the Ethical Use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques to Save Lives

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 373-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
William O’Donohue ◽  
Alexandros Maragakis ◽  
Cassandra Snipes ◽  
Cyndy Soto
Keyword(s):  
Interrogation Techniques ◽  
Enhanced Interrogation

Three Presidents, Three Conflicts

2020 ◽  
pp. 296-319
Author(s):  
Michael W. McConnell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Bush Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Interrogation Techniques ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Enhanced Interrogation

This chapter proposes an approach to the separation of powers that can be applied to presidents of all ideological stripes and personal dispositions. It cites George W. Bush and the authorization of torture, in which the Bush Administration authorized a written list of enhanced interrogation techniques, such as the notorious practice of water-boarding. It also covers President Obama's agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with certain other countries, under which Iran agreed to certain limitations on its development of nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. The chapter describes the impeachment and acquittal of Donald Trump by the Senate as the most acrimonious separation-of-powers conflict in the tumultuous Trump years. It talks about the House vote on impeachment and the Senate vote on removal that surpassed the partisan impeachment and removal proceedings for President William Jefferson Clinton.

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