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Did the Defense Department Stop Reporting Deaths of Detainees in U.S. Custody?

By | 09.04.09 | 4:40 pm

Dr. Steven Miles, a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and faculty member of its Center for Bioethics, for years tried to track the deaths of “war on terror” detainees being held in U.S. custody. The author of the book “Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity and More…

DOJ Advice on Sleep Deprivation Varied Widely

By | 09.03.09 | 9:07 am

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Among the many revelations in the CIA inspector general’s report released last week is this curious fact: the CIA did not have a coherent or consistent policy about the use and legality of sleep deprivation as an interrogation tactic. And it was More…