https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/31/the-case-for-torture-ex-cia-officials-explain-enhanced-interrogations/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:31:25 -0400<![CDATA[1. The detention program was a human library. The panelists didn’t use that term, but it reflects what they described. After detainees were interrogated, the CIA kept them around for future inquiries and to monitor their communications. Sometimes this yielded a nugget, such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s message to his fellow detainees: “Do not say a word about the courier.” Rodriguez said this incident shows “the importance of having a place like a black site to take these individuals, because we could use that type of communication. We could use them as background information to check a name.” &#8230;]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:20:12 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/31/the-case-for-torture-ex-cia-officials-explain-enhanced-interrogations-n99742