The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About America's Post-9/11 Torture Program [Paperback]

Larry Siems (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2012

Sometimes the truth is buried in front of us. That is the case with more than 140,000 government documents relating to abuse of prisoners by U.S. forces during the "war on terror," brought to light by Freedom of Information Act litigation. As the lead author of the ACLU's report on these documents, Larry Siems is in a unique position to chronicle who did what, to whom and when. This book, written with the pace and intensity of a thriller, serves as a tragic reminder of what happens when commitments to law, common sense, and human dignity are cast aside, when it becomes difficult to discern the difference between two groups intent on perpetrating extreme violence on their fellow human beings. Divided into three sections, The Torture Report presents a stunning array of eyewitness and first-person reports-by victims, perpetrators, dissenters, and investigators-of the CIA's White House-orchestrated interrogations in illegal, secret prisons around the world; the Pentagon's "special projects," in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; plots real and imagined, and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 460 pages
• Publisher: OR Books (February 15, 2012)
• ISBN-10: 1935928554
• ISBN-13: 978-1935928553
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #903,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Straight from the documents July 3, 2012

By M. Kane

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The ACLU, bless their hearts, gathered every document about enemy combatants, detainees. enhanced interrogation techniques (oh, come on, let's be plain, torture of prisoners by the U.S. government) that our government was obliged to hand over under the Freedom of Information Act. A huge effort condensed to readable form and size by the author, Larry Siems, along with many of the original documents. Who did we imprison at Guantanamo? What did we do them? What did we learn? Who gave the orders? Maybe the best parts of the book (because they offer some hope for our nation) are the reports and correspondence of military personnel and government agents who recognized we were torturing prisoners and protested, risking their careers at the least. The Torture Report