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PINEVILLE, La. – Twenty-two Human Intelligence Collector teams from U.S. and allied forces recently competed in the fourth annual Army interrogation competition, Tranquil Storm. The multi-component, ...

Waterboarding? Hasn’t been used in years. Walling, stress positions, abdominal slaps? They’re no longer allowed. But if the CIA can no longer use the interrogation techniques described in chilling ...

(Updates with more details, quotes) By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Defying a White House veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to outlaw harsh ...

U.S. Senator John McCain, a torture survivor from his days as a captive during the Vietnam War, says his private comments about harsh interrogation methods were misrepresented by the Bush ...