Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of Americans th

Hoisted by their own petards

Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the pol

A powerful indictment, American Methods is "not about Abu Ghraib; this is a book about the USA."

Documents US Government attempts to justify torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices in ongoing hostilities.