Now that the memos showing the rulings of interrogation techniques have been released, the Obama administration should release additional documents that show what the interrogations yielded, former ...

Melissa Lucio poses for portrait behind glass at Mountain View Unit in Gatesville Texas. Source: Ilana Panich-Linsman-Linsman for the Innocence Project. Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s ...

Robert Siegel talks to Peter "Pete" Hoekstra, who was chair of the House Intelligence Committee from 2004-2007. He talks about the Senate Intelligence Committee's so-called torture report and talks ...

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The controversial police technique putting innocent people behind bars. "When I finally realised what had happened in that interrogation room, it was like an 'Oh my God' moment." Former homicide ...

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When lawyers at the Justice Department during the Bush administration said that certain interrogation techniques like waterboarding were not torture, at least one lawyer at the State Department ...

Former Congressman Peter Hoekstra was chairman and later, Ranking Minority Member of the House Intelligence Committee. The Michigan Republican served nine terms in the House and he now works for a ...