How Religion Was Misused In CIA Interrogations

How Religion Was Misused In CIA Interrogations December 17, 2014

The release of the CIA torture report uncovered and detailed the many brutal tactics employed by U.S. interrogators. But what about the role of religion? We take a look at how it was misused in an attempt to break detainees’ own religious faith. Panelists included:

  • Rev. Ron Stief @NRCATtweets (Washington, DC) Executive Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture 
  • Ibrahim Hooper @CAIRNational (Washington, DC) Communications Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 
  • Rev. Paul Raushenbush @raushenbush (New York, NY) HuffPost Executive Religion Editor

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