Bibliograph

Torturing democracy, written and produced by Sherry Jones ; co-producer, Carey Murphy ; produced by Washington Media Associates, in association with the National Security Archive

Type

Label

Torturing democracy, written and produced by Sherry Jones ; co-producer, Carey Murphy ; produced by Washington Media Associates, in association with the National Security Archive

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Torturing democracy

Oclc number

299606292

Responsibility statement

written and produced by Sherry Jones ; co-producer, Carey Murphy ; produced by Washington Media Associates, in association with the National Security Archive

Runtime

Summary

"Tells the inside story of how the U.S. government adopted torture as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11. [The film] examines how coercive interrogation methods were used by the CIA and then in military interrogations at Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. It carefully presents evidence that the Bush administration promoted these methods and developed legal justification for the practice - and so lays to rest the 'rotten apple' defense for abusive interrogation at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and elsewhere"--Container

Table Of Contents

The war council -- Enemy combatants-- or shepherds? -- Copying Communist methods -- Geneva's ban on torture -- Opting out of Geneva -- The CIA's "Golden shield" -- Waterboarding -- From the CIA to Guantanamo -- SERE-based harsh interrogations -- Pentagon Insiders Project -- An "extraordinary rendition" -- Deceiving top military lawyers -- The SERE-School playbook -- Violating Geneva in Iraq -- A military prosecutor refuses -- Legal immunity for torture -- Epilogue

Technique

live action

Contributor