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The July 2002 Torture Training Session

By: emptywheel Sunday September 13, 2009 7:02 am

When CIA had a torture training session on July 1, 2002, they said everything but waterboarding was legal.

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If the Detainee Dies, Doing Sleep Deprivation Is Wrong

By: emptywheel Tuesday May 19, 2009 6:18 am

One of the most shocking quotes from the Senate Armed Services torture report came from Jonathan Fredman, then the Counsel for CounterTerrorism Center at CIA, now working for the Director of National Intelligence, told some interrogators at Gitmo, “It is basically subject to perception. If the detainee dies you’re doing
it wrong.” Fredman is reported to have said that on October 2, 2002.

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