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02 Jun 08

Waterboarding is legal, White House says - Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON --
The White House said Wednesday that the widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding is legal and that President Bush could authorize the CIA to resume using the simulated-drowning method under extraordinary circumstances.
WASHINGTON --
The White House said Wednesday that the widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding is legal and that President Bush could authorize the CIA to resume using the simulated-drowning method under extraordinary circumstances.
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- Waterboarding refers to a practice that involves strapping down a prisoner, placing a cloth over his face and dousing him with water to simulate the sensation of drowning. The technique has been traced to the Spanish Inquisition and has been the subject of war-crimes trials dating back a century.
- Waterboarding refers to a practice that involves strapping down a prisoner, placing a cloth over his face and dousing him with water to simulate the sensation of drowning. The technique has been traced to the Spanish Inquisition and has been the subject of war-crimes trials dating back a century.
- In a recent GOP presidential debate, McCain said it was inconceivable that "anyone could believe that [waterboarding is] not torture. It's in violation of the Geneva Convention. It's in violation of existing law."
- In a recent GOP presidential debate, McCain said it was inconceivable that "anyone could believe that [waterboarding is] not torture. It's in violation of the Geneva Convention. It's in violation of existing law."
- Congress has passed two laws -- the Detainee Treatment Act in 2005 and the Military Commissions Act in 2006 -- that ban the use of harsh interrogation methods and require all U.S. agencies to comply with the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of detainees.
  
  In addition, the Pentagon published a new Army field manual in 2006 that limits interrogation techniques and bans harsh methods, including waterboarding, hoods and mock executions. And the Supreme Court in 2006 struck down the Bush administration's system for holding and prosecuting detainees, saying it failed to provide protections under the Geneva Conventions.
- Congress has passed two laws -- the Detainee Treatment Act in 2005 and the Military Commissions Act in 2006 -- that ban the use of harsh interrogation methods and require all U.S. agencies to comply with the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of detainees.
- During Tuesday's testimony, Hayden said that depriving the CIA of enhanced techniques would place America in greater danger. After the hearing, a senior U.S. intelligence official argued that waterboarding should not be considered torture because the U.S. military has subjected its own personnel to the method to prepare them for the possibility of being captured.
  
  "Tens of thousands of American Air Force and naval airmen were waterboarded as part of their survival training," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We don't maim as part of our training. We don't mutilate. We don't sodomize. Those are things that are always bad. . . . Intellectually, there has got to be a difference between [waterboarding] and the others; otherwise we wouldn't have done it in training."
- "Tens of thousands of American Air Force and naval airmen were waterboarded as part of their survival training," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We don't maim as part of our training. We don't mutilate. We don't sodomize. Those are things that are always bad. . . . Intellectually, there has got to be a difference between [waterboarding] and the others; otherwise we wouldn't have done it in training."

06 May 08

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis — Central Intelligence Agency

Table of Contents

* Author's Preface
* Foreword by Douglas MacEachin
* Introduction by Jack Davis

* PART I--OUR MENTAL MACHINERY
* Chapter 1: Thinking About Thinking
* Chapter 2: Perception: Why Can't We See What Is There to Be Seen?
* Chapter 3: Memory: How Do We Remember What We Know?

* PART II--TOOLS FOR THINKING
* Chapter 4: Strategies for Analytical Judgment: Transcending the Limits of Incomplete Information
* Chapter 5: Do You Really Need More Information?
* Chapter 6: Keeping an Open Mind
* Chapter 7: Structuring Analytical Problems
* Chapter 8: Analysis of Competing Hypotheses

* PART III--COGNITIVE BIASES
* Chapter 9: What Are Cognitive Biases?
* Chapter 10: Biases in Evaluation of Evidence
* Chapter 11: Biases in Perception of Cause and Effect
* Chapter 12: Biases in Estimating Probabilities
* Chapter 13: Hindsight Biases in Evaluation of Intelligence Reporting

* PART IV--CONCLUSIONS
* Chapter 14: Improving Intelligence Analysis

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