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International Law

Abstract

The American experience with torture has roots far deeper than the attacks of September 11, 2001. Starting in the Cold War, U.S. officials developed programs designed to inoculate U.S. soldiers against torture. These programs, and those who ran them, were instrumental in a scheme oflegalized torture that officials authorized in secret and defended in public following 9/11. The legacy of this conduct, and the framework for continued American torture, persist. Most recently, three former detainees - one who died in CIA custody and two who were released after the CIA concluded that they were innocent - have now brought suit for their injuries in Washington State.

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