Britain to Investigate ‘CIA Black Site’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2007 The British government's Foreign Affairs Committee will look into charges by a number of sources, including human rights groups and a retired U.S. general, that sovereign British land has been used as a CIA "black site" prison. The island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, has been leased to the United States and is the site of an American military base but remains British territory. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Psychologists in Denial About Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 22, 2007 Last weekend, the American Psychological Association rejected a moratorium that would have prevented its member psychologists from participating in interrogations at U.S. detention centers at places like Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA "black sites" around the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kidnapped by the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2007 The Washington Post has an inside look at "black sites," the secret detention centers operated by the CIA that hold abducted terror suspects, one of whom describes a world of interrogation, torture and misery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )