Oscar Rickett and Krent Able created The A-Z of Torture for Vice.
A-Z illustrated list of CIA's torture program
What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge
One of the strangest contradictory sensations of the Trump era is the man's relationship towards and with the various U.S. intelligence agencies. In many cases, Trump's broad criticisms about the unaccountable and seemingly limitless scope of intelligence gathering are valid. Or would be, anyway, if the man actually cared about those issues for any reason… READ THE REST
One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions
More word from the ongoing attempt to bring the people responsible for years of CIA torture to justice: one of the three waterboarding specialists at Guantanamo was called "The Preacher" because while he was drowning suspects to the point of near death, he "would at random times put one hand on the forehead of a… READ THE REST
CIA nominee ran a secret torture prison and destroyed evidence of it
Trump fired secretary of state Rex Tillerson, replacing him with CIA director Mike Pompeo. He nominated deputy director Gina Haspel to lead the CIA. If the Senate confirms her, she'll be the first woman to direct the CIA. Quartz offers some background on her: In 2002, she oversaw a secret prison in Thailand that tortured… READ THE REST
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Remember the last time you juiced up your iPhone using that short little charging cable it came with? The phone probably rang mid-charge, and it was a call you absolutely had to take. Of course, if you were at full charge, you could've taken the call from the comfort of your armchair. But if that… READ THE REST
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