US Torture Policy: Part Of 'American Exceptionalism'?

Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 5:54 p.m.

One of the architects of the CIA's post-9/11 torture program was in court this week to testify in the pre-trial proceedings of several Guantanamo detainees. His justification for designing and practicing some of the most inhuman practices on earth should give pause to Americans with a conscience. Do we really reject torture?