Breakfast of Torturers: A Former CIA Psychologist Promotes His Memoir
A contract psychologist who served as architect of the CIA’s torture program is advocating for a return to “some form of legal coercion” for terror suspects.
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Alex Emmons is a former national security reporter for The Intercept. He joined The Intercept in 2016 as a politics intern.
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