Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Wanted To Meet With Obama, Was Interrogated Instead

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) says that Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, wanted to meet with President Obama during his trip to China, but "instead got a harsh interrogation with the Chinese police." (0:35)
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Pelosi: CIA Shifting The Spotlight To Congress

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) explains how the CIA created the laws allowing them to implement waterboarding as an interrogation technique, but it failed to tell Congress what was happening. She believes that the CIA is attempting to shift the spotlight from themselves and onto other groups, like Congress. (0:27)
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Pelosi On Interrogation Investigations: "I don’t think there should be total immunity"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

At her weekly press conference, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was asked about her opinion on the prosecutions of those who gave orders for interrogations to be carried out. Pelosi said, “I don’t think there should be total immunity, I think it should be a case by case basis maybe there are some cases where immunity is appropriate, maybe there are some cases where it is not. But I don't think that we should just say that everyone who comes into that room takes an immunity bath, just because they showed up that day they have immunity for everything else."

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"Induced hypothermia" used on prisoners

Joshua Casteel, a former interrogator who served at the Abu Ghraib prison camp, says that special forces and CIA interrogators openly laughed at him for "going soft" in his techniques. He also says he learned from other interrogators that techniques he considers well within the bounds of torture were utilized, such as inducing hypothermia (1:04).
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Perhaps the White House drinking water causes amnesia says Nadler (D-NY)

At a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on harsh interrogation tactics, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) says that there has been so little information given on the topic that perhaps the White House drinking water causes amnesia. He goes on to say that the facts henceforth gathered reveal a "disturbing" picture. (0:57)
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Rep. Hastings speaks out about Guantanamo

Chairman Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) talks about the Guantanamo Bay prison. Hastings says that there has not been a single completed trial of those suspected of the most serious crimes committed against our country, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed and alleged “20th hijacker” Mohammed al Qahtani. Hastings also says that Qahtani may be rendered incapable of participating in his trial due to the methods of interrogation used against him. (1:09)
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Former FBI interrogator: Even the Nazis knew how to interrogate

Joe Navarro, a former FBI interrogator, says that the United States must not model its interrogation style after the Gestapo since even the Nazis knew that techniques like sleep deprivation do no yield results from informants. (0:44)
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Retired Army intelligence officer: Qualified interrogators led elsewhere

Colonel Stuart Herrington, a retired US Army intelligence officer, says that career disincentives prevent qualified individuals from becoming interrogators and that the only way to get many kinds of information is through human intelligence, a fact that is continually overlooked. (0:50)
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Vice President Cheney calls enhanced interrogations "a tougher program for tougher customers"

Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, says that the interrogation program run by the CIA against high-value targets are "a tougher program for tougher customers." He says that the information gained through these programs has been useful. (0:49)
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey speaks about his postion on waterboarding during Senate Judiciary Comittee hearing

Attorney General Michael Mukasey reads his opening statement at a hearing on oversight of the Department of Justice. He explains his position on the legality of waterboarding as an interrogation technique. (0:34)
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