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Why Trump’s Trusting Mattis’s Judgment Regarding Torture Matters

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck More silver linings in this cloudy age. It seems that while President Trump has publicly states his own views on torture, and how he thinks it works, he will ultimately defer to his Military Chief, the ex general Mattis, on whether or not to actually reinstate…

Waterboarding Works, Says Former Chief CIA Interrogator
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Waterboarding Works, Says Former Chief CIA Interrogator

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By Russ Read Waterboarding may be a harsh interrogation method, but it is not torture and it does work in rare occasions, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. James Mitchell was contracted by the CIA in 2002 to develop so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” to be used on captured terrorists, which included waterboarding. The technique…