The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse

Acknowledgments; Preface: Sister Dianna Ortiz Introduction: An American Policy of Torture / Marjorie Cohn Part I. The history and character of torture; 1. Mind Maze: The CIA's Pursuit of Psychological Torture / Alfred McCoy; 2. Torture and Human Rights Abuses at the School of Americas / WHINSEC; Bill Quigley; 3. U.S. Foreign Policy, Deniability and the Political 'Utility' of State; Terror: The Case of El Salvador / Terry Karl; 4. Fundamental Human Rights and the Coercive Interrogation of Terrorists in an Extreme Emergency / John Lango; 5. Torture, War and the Limits of Liberal Legality / Richard Falk Part II. Torture and cruel treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody 6. Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America's 'Extraordinary Rendition' Program / Jane Mayer; 7. This Is To Whom It May Concern: A Guantanamo Narrative / Marc Falkoff; 8. Psychologists, Torture, and Civil Society: Complicity, Institutional Failure and the Struggle for Professional Transformation / Stephen Soldz; 9. From Guantanamo to Berlin: Protecting Human Rights after 9/11 / Michael Ratner; 10. Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons / Lance Tapley Part III. Accountability for torture 11. The Law of Torture and Accountability of Lawyers Who Sanction It / Jeanne Mirer; 12. Terrorists and Torturers / Philippe Sands; 13. Criminal Responsibility of Bush Administration Officials With Respect to Unlawful Interrogation Tactics and the Facilitating Conduct of Lawyers / Jordan Paust; 14. Torture, War and Presidential Power: Thoughts on the Current Constitutional Crisis / Thomas Erlich Reifer About the Contributors; Index

"A critical collection of essays on the United States' descent into torture. The contributors, who include some of the nation's most important human rights advocates and scholars, tell the untold story of how the country that was instrumental in drafting the Convention Against Torture has itself violated that document's fundamental obligations - and what we should do about it." David Cole, author of The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable "If this collection of authoritative and proficient essays does not convince every reader that key Bush officials and their lawyers should be prosecuted, it leaves no doubt that probable cause exists to justify the Justice Department opening a series of comprehensive investigations with ample resources and subpoena power to determine whether such crimes were committed and whether indictments should be issued...Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and anyone who cares about restoring respect for the Rule of Law in America should first read The United States and Torture, and then do the right thing." Stephen F. Rohde writing for The Los Angeles Daily Journal "Because whistleblowers leaked the Abu Ghraib photos and some of the torture memos, the torture and abuse committed by the United States entered the national discourse. This book is the result of those efforts and this critical work by leading scholars and journalists who courageously provide a roadmap for holding Bush officials accountable for their war crimes." Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers "This is an extraordinarily important book. Marjorie Cohn has gathered some of the most knowledgeable and thoughtful voices who understand and oppose the horrific decision by the Bush/Cheney administration to employ torture to fight terrorists. In these pages they explain not only what was done but why it was so terribly wrong." John W. Dean, former Nixon White House counsel and author of Conservatives Without Conscience "A