CIA Director John Brennan has said that his spy agency will not use controversial interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, even if ordered to do so by a future president. Brennan made the ...

Today we are taking a look into the most effective interrogation techniques and tactics used by the police and CIA. They might not seem so cool like in all those Hollywood movies and TV shows, but ...

Abu Zubaydah, the first Osama bin Laden henchman captured by the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was bloodied and feverish when a CIA security team delivered him to a ...

Several readers have asked me to provide more information on the Army Field Manual's Appendix M, which sanctions a "restricted" interrogation technique, but which the D.I.A.'s interrogators are using, ...

I understand the desire to 'call a spade a spade,' but it is not for journalists to start labeling specific practices torture," said NPR's Brian Duffy. "That's what the debate is about — what ...

Before there were “enhanced interrogation techniques,” there was verschärfte Vernehmung, (which means “enhanced interrogation techniques”) developed by the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst in 1937 ...

Matthew Alexander led the interrogation team that tracked down al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2006. Alexander, a critic of the harsh techniques employed by the military during the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The company behind a controversial police interrogation technique filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Netflix and director Ava DuVernay, claiming that it was defamed in DuVernay’s miniseries on ...

A company that pioneered a notorious criminal interrogation tactic is suing over how Ava DuVernay portrayed the Reid Technique in "When They See Us." ...

The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to release a report Tuesday criticizing the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation and detention program. (Update: The report has been released.) The ...

Netflix and celebrated director Ava DuVernay have been sued over their portrayal of the Reid interrogation technique in the Emmy-winning miniseries "When They See Us," according to a new report. The ...