CIA Torture
The US government’s double standard on extradition: CIA agents vs. Roman Polanski
By David Walsh, November 6, 2009
The US government promises that it will not hand over to Italy convicted CIA agents, guilty of abetting torture, should that country request their extradition. It has adopted a different attitude towa...
Italian court convicts US agents in CIA rendition case
By Stefan Steinberg, November 6, 2009
In a landmark decision with global political repercussions, an Italian court has convicted in absentia 23 US agents for their role in the 2003 CIA kidnapping and
Britain: Reports state CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights landed in UK
By Robert Stevens, November 5, 2009
A US registered plane named in a 2007 European Parliament report into alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “extraordinary rendition” flights was observed to land at Birmingham Airport in Engl...
FBI knew of CIA torture, considered prosecution
By Tom Eley, November 4, 2009
FBI agents witnessed torture at CIA prisons in 2002, new documents released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal.
British High Court instructs government to release evidence of CIA torture of Binyam Mohamed
By Julie Hyland, October 19, 2009
Britain’s Labour government is continuing its efforts to suppress evidence of intelligence service involvement in the torture and abuse of former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Binyam Mohamed.
Obama administration shields CIA torturers
By Tom Eley, September 22, 2009
In response to a public campaign waged by the CIA, the Obama administration has scaled back the already narrow investigation into CIA torture announced last month by Attorney General Eric Holder.
Physicians for Human Rights report
CIA doctors, psychologists participated in torture of prisoners
By Tom Eley, September 4, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights charges in a new report that medical professionals attached to the CIA participated in the torture of “terror suspects” and used prisoners as human research subjects.
CIA secret prisons organized from Germany
By Jan Peters, September 1, 2009
A report in the New York Times confirms that the CIA planned and organized at least three secret prisons from the German city of Frankfurt/Main beginning in 2003.
Cheney defends torture policy and CIA torturers
By Patrick Martin, August 31, 2009
In an interview Sunday, former vice president Dick Cheney defended the brutal interrogations carried out at CIA secret prisons and denounced the proposed investigation of a handful of CIA agents.
CIA probe shields architects of US torture regime
By Bill Van Auken, August 27, 2009
With its release of a heavily redacted version of the CIA’s 2004 torture report, the Obama administration is continuing to cover up the scale of the crimes carried out under the last administration ...
Internal CIA report shows agents tortured, killed prisoners
By Tom Eley, August 25, 2009
A CIA inspector general’s report discussing instances of agency torture, suppressed since 2004, was made public by court order on Monday. The same day, the Obama administration revealed it intends t...
German magazine reports
Blackwater mercenaries used for CIA renditions
By Patrick Martin, August 24, 2009
The German news magazine Der Spiegel announced Saturday that the security firm formerly known as Blackwater Associates was hired by the CIA to transport prisoners from Guantánamo Bay to secret prison...
