police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn
gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow
News Haspel now likely to get CIA boss confirmation. Thanks, Democratic senators. You had one job. Xeni Jardin
security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler
Support the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's new project investigating the CIA torture report Xeni Jardin
guantanamo Why today's court decision ordering release of Guantanamo force-feeding videos matters Barry Eisler
politics John McCain: Torture is bad, un-American, and didn't help the US find Osama bin Laden Xeni Jardin
Science Creepy handwritten notes of CIA psychologist who helped design US torture techniques for terror detainees Xeni Jardin