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Physicians for Human Rights: Doctors' Role in CIA Waterboarding "May Amount to Human Experimentation"

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights has found that physicians and psychologists played a greater role than previously known in designing, implementing and legitimizing the Bush administration's torture program. The recently declassified CIA Inspector General's report detailed how medical professionals collected data on the reaction of prisoners to interrogation methods in order to help the CIA assess and refine the use of waterboarding and other techniques. The group says this "may amount to human experimentation." Ref. Source 8

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CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding

A study in "enhanced reporting techniques."
By Jeff Stein

He claims that the disinformation he helped spread was a CIA dirty trick: "In retrospect, it was a valuable lesson in how the CIA uses the fine arts of deception even among its own." Ref. Source 8

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Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding

Former US President George W Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding and it prevented attacks. Ref. Source 1

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When it Comes to Waterboarding, Labels Matter
By Dan Kennedy

The press's failure to call waterboarding torture impedes honest discussion of the darkest years of the Bush presidency. Ref. Source 4

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Bush makes clear he approved use of waterboarding:

In a memoir due out Tuesday, Bush makes clear that he personally approved the use of that coercive technique against alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed, an admission the human rights experts say could one day have legal consequences for him. Ref. Source 7

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None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture
By Joshua Phillips

Joshua Phillips investigates how and why U.S. Forces came to use torture. Phillips reveals that the damaging legacy of torture is borne not only by the detainees, but also by American soldiers and the country to which they've returned. Ref. Source 1

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Rumsfeld confirms: Waterboarding did not net intelligence that led to bin Laden:

The torture crowd has been hard at work the past 24 hours, doing its best to push the idea that it was the torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohommed that led to the courier who eventually led U.S. Intelligence to Osama bin Laden. Ref. Source 5

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Waterboarding tell-all not honest: ex-agent

Outspoken former CIA agent Glenn Carle has disputed claims made by the agency's former top lawyer, John Rizzo, in his new autobiography, saying it is "Much less honest" Than it should be. Ref. Source 9