He backed the use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques such as waterboarding. But his view isn’t widely backed either by those with experience or by social science research.

The first time CIA tried enhanced interrogation with a high-value target, the sessions were so intense that they nearly brought some CIA personnel to tears, report says.

The Senate Intelligence Committee found that the detainee who provided key information did so before he was submitted to enhanced interrogation. The CIA questions that account.

Nor is it between those who oppose torture on principle and those who espouse the use of the moderately discomforting methods that a term such as “enhanced interrogation” is intended to evoke.

One Torture Report, Two Very Different Interpretations Down Party Lines Republicans say enhanced interrogation may have aided some intelligence efforts.

Guantanamo Bay detainee draws pictures of ‘enhanced interrogation’ torture tactics he suffered at secret US prison Man never convicted of a crime illustrates ‘enhanced interrogation ...

The military’s use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques against suspected terrorists has always been a contentious topic, and now many of its former proponents are having second thoughts ...

Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats on Capitol Hill over the prospect of an administration review of U.S. policy on the interrogation and detention of enemy ...

James Mitchell talked about his book, [Enhanced Interrogation: Inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying To Destroy America], about the development and workings of the CIA's ...

Support the use of enhanced interrogation techniques if the use of these methods would enhance the protection of the nation.

Anyone with actual interrogation experience knows that rapport-building techniques, which use knowledge to outwit detainees and gain cooperation, produce better intelligence than enhanced ...