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Did "Enhanced Interrogation" Break the CIA's Own Rules on "Human Experimentation"?
The CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" may have violated its own guidelines on human experimentation, according to previously classified documents published by the Guardian.
June 15, 2015
With or Without the Patriot Act, Here's How the NSA Can Still Spy on Americans
The provisions of the Patriot Act that were allowed to lapse today represent only part of the vast NSA surveillance apparatus exposed by Edward Snowden.
June 1, 2015
John Rizzo: The Legal Case for "Enhanced Interrogation"
"I did consider the implications of the U.S. government in any way, shape or form going down this road," says the former CIA attorney. "But my major concern as the chief lawyer was: Were these techniques legal?"
May 19, 2015
Dianne Feinstein: The CIA "Cannot Shove the Laws Aside"
It's crucial for the United States to confront its use of torture in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and vow, "never again," says the veteran California Democrat.
May 19, 2015
John McLaughlin: CIA Interrogations Were Legal, Moral and Effective
It's too simplistic to write off the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program as torture, says the agency's former deputy director. "Wouldn’t it be equally immoral if we failed to get this information," he asks.
May 19, 2015
Mark Udall: The U.S. "Treated People in Inhumane, Terrible Ways"
The former Colorado senator says that when he learned the details of the CIA's covert interrogation program, he “physically felt sick.”
May 19, 2015
What the CIA Did to Its Detainees
Here's what we know about the 39 men who were subjected to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques."
May 19, 2015
Watch: The Torture Question
FRONTLINE investigates how the post-9/11 "get tough" policy of the U.S. government worked its way down to the cell blocks of Abu Ghraib.
May 19, 2015
Why You Never Saw The CIA's Interrogation Tapes
When videotapes depicting "enhanced interrogations" of two Al Qaeda suspects in CIA detention were destroyed, even the agency's own lawyer says he was shocked.
May 19, 2015
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Secrets, Politics and Torture
The dramatic story of the fight over the CIA's controversial interrogation methods, widely criticized as torture.
May 19, 2015
WATCH: How the CIA Helped Make "Zero Dark Thirty"
The blockbuster reflected the CIA's narrative that "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- widely criticized as torture -- were key in finding and killing Osama bin Laden. But was that version of history true?
May 15, 2015
FRONTLINE Wins Peabody Award for "United States of Secrets"
FRONTLINE’s two-part investigation of the NSA’s surveillance activities post-9/11 has been honored with a Peabody Award for excellence in documentary filmmaking.
April 23, 2015