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CIA director nominee Gina Haspel attends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington last week.

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CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces A Senate Showdown

7:28pm May 06, 2018

by Greg Myre

Haspel is the first woman nominated for the CIA's top job. Her covert career and links to waterboarding will likely make for an unusual Senate confirmation hearing with an uncertain outcome.

James Mitchell (left) and Bruce Jessen have settled a lawsuit brought by former detainees who were held in secret CIA prisons.

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Psychologists Behind CIA 'Enhanced Interrogation' Program Settle Detainees' Lawsuit

4:16pm August 17, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Psychologists Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell devised a list of brutal methods, including waterboarding, that were meant to condition detainees into a state of helplessness.

When it comes to picturing Elena Ferrante, readers have even less material than they do on Thomas Pynchon. They'll have to continue to settle for stock photography such as this, a shot of her native Naples, Italy.

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Book News: The Elusive Elena Ferrante Finally Speaks — Sort Of

7:31am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

Not much is known about the acclaimed Italian novelist besides her pen name and her books. But she sat for a recent interview — conducted in writing, with her publisher as intermediary.

Thailand Says It Was Unaware Of CIA 'Black Site' On Its Soil

10:19am December 19, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the U.S. never told Thai officials of the existence of a safe house where top al-Qaida operatives were allegedly subjected to torture.

President George W. Bush speaks to Vice President Dick Cheney by phone aboard Air Force One after departing Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Sept. 11, 2001.

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'Torture Report': A Closer Look At When And What President Bush Knew

5:13pm December 16, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

A Senate investigation says President George W. Bush was not briefed on the specifics of how the CIA interrogated terrorism suspects until four years into the program. Bush denies that.

Cheney On Harsh Interrogation: 'I'd Do It Again In A Minute'

3:51pm December 14, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The former vice president doubled down on his defense of the Bush administration's use of such techniques, calling the Senate's recent report "seriously flawed."

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'Unknowable' If CIA Methods Elicited Useful Information, Agency's Chief Says

7:57am December 12, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

John Brennan's comments come two days after the Senate intelligence committee released the executive summary of its report on the CIA's interrogation practices.

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Talking Point Or Proof Of Value: CIA Tactics And The 'Second Wave' Plot

2:15pm December 11, 2014

by Steve Inskeep

The CIA and its defenders disagree with the Senate Intelligence Committee report on whether enhanced interrogations prevented a group of 17 Pakistanis from attacking the U.S. just after Sept. 11.

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Dick Cheney On Senate Torture Investigation: 'The Report Is Full Of Crap'

12:53pm December 11, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The former vice president defended the brutal interrogation of terrorism suspects and said he would "do it again in a minute."

Obama: CIA's 'Harsh Methods' Inconsistent With Values, National Security

12:34pm December 11, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Earlier, GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and Saxby Chambliss said the release of the Senate's report on the CIA's interrogation practices "will present serious consequences for U.S. national security."