George Washington warned that abuse of prisoners would bring “shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country.” ...
During the Cold War, the CIA launched a secret program known as MKUltra to investigate mind control, interrogation, and psychological manipulation. Using LSD, sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and other ...
A federal appeals court has ruled that Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas to put prisoners to death needs more study of whether it violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam on American POWs despite stern warnings by several military ...
National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...