What harsh interrogation methods did the CIA use, and did those methods amount to torture?
These methods amounted to a state secret, the government argued, and disclosure of them could "reasonably be expected to cause extremely grave damage".
A10 Israel, appearing before a United Nations committee, defended itself against accusations by Amnesty International and other groups that it uses methods amounting to torture during the interrogation of Palestinian detainees.
Appearing before a United Nations committee, Israel defended itself today against accusations by Amnesty International and other groups that it uses methods amounting to torture during the interrogation of Palestinian detainees.
This is technically true, although the F.B.I. "walked away" from interrogations of terrorism suspects after its director, Bob Mueller, heard complaints from an agent, Ali Soufan, that the C.I.A.'s interrogation methods amounted to "borderline torture".
The question of whether those methods amounted to torture is a historically and legally momentous issue that has been debated for more than a decade inside and outside the government.
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Correlation coefficients between the different measuring methods amounted to r = 0.71 (balance – plastic sheet on the ground), r = 0.84 (balance – 1 m high plastic sheet on wooden surface), r = 0.82 (balance – 1 m high plastic sheet on metal surface) and r = 0.99 (1 m high plastic sheet on wooden surface – 1 m high plastic sheet on metal surface).
To be sure, the senator takes a stab at claiming the interrogation methods amounted to illegal torture.
And while Obama limited interrogation techniques to those listed in the Army Field Manual, that document was modified in 2006 to permit stress positions, sleep deprivation, and isolation -- methods amounting to torture that are depicted in Zero Dark Thirty.
