U.S. Government Interrogations
In: Intelligence and Counterintelligence Studies
Intro -- U. S. GOVERNMENT INTERROGATIONS: REQUIREMENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS -- U. S. GOVERNMENT INTERROGATIONS: REQUIREMENTS AND EFFECTIVENESS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: EFFECTIVENESS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION HEARING- KLEINMAN TESTIMONY -- Chapter 2: EFFECTIVENESS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION HEARING- SINGH TESTIMONY -- I. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEMONSTRATE THAT POLICIES THAT VIOLATE LONGSTANDING LEGAL PROHIBITIONS ON TORTURE AND CRUEL INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE WIDESPREAD ABUSE AND TORTURE OF PRISONERS -- II. CLINICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION METHODS CONCEAL THE SEVERITY OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HARM INFLICTED BY THESE METHODS -- III. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEMONSTRATE THAT "ENHANCED" INTERROGATION METHODS ARE NOT ONLY ILLEGAL, THEY ARE ALSO INEFFECTIVE. -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3: INTERROGATION OF DETAINEES: REQUIREMENTS OF THE DETAINEE TREATMENT ACT -- SUMMARY -- OUTLINE AND ANALYSIS OF RELEVANT DTA PROVISIONS -- Applying U.S. Army Field Manual Standards -- Prohibition on Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- Protection of U.S. Personnel Engaged in Authorized Interrogations -- POST-DTA DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE INTERROGATION AND TREATMENT OF DETAINEES -- Updated Army Field Manual -- Effects of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the MCA -- Post-DTA Standards for Treatment of Detainees by Intelligence Agencies during the Bush Administration -- Executive Order by President Obama Imposing New Interrogation Standards -- RECENT LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 4: U.N. CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE (CAT): OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION TO INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE -- Definition of "Torture" under CAT