John Kiriakou was a CIA counterterrorism official involved in the initial capture of Abu Zubaydah in 2002. He was not involved in Abu Zubaydah’s torture. In 2007, he came forward to disclose that the CIA waterboarded Abu Zubaydah for "probably 30, 35 seconds" and he "broke" afterward. He said from the start that he did [...]

ACLU unimpressed with Obama human-rights pledge

you read this and tell me what it means

Harold Koh to the Hill tomorrow

the public on torture & probing it

How is this even possible

two guidelines put out by the then-CIA Director on January 28, 2003

well, not in this case, but you can hear me on Keith Murphy’s XM Satellite radio show at 8 EST

UBL that is

and why I’m not into abolishing the CIA