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FORA.tv SERIES: Interrogation or Torture?

Humanity and Torture

The New School

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Laura Flanders - Laura Flanders is the host of RadioNation with Laura Flanders. She is the author of Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, an investigation into the women in George W. Bush's Cabinet, The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush, an essay collection compiled by Flanders, appears in June, 2004, from the Feminist Press. Flanders writes regularly for the Nation, Ms. Magazine and Znet. Her op-ed pieces have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Donald Glascoff - Executive Producer

Bill Goodman - Legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights

Alfred McCoy - Alfred W. McCoy is a historian and current Professor of History in the "Center for Southeast Asian Studies," at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his PhD in Southeastern Asian history from Yale University.

Eric Umansky - Gordon Gray Fellow

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01 hr 32 min 16 sec

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01.: Torture Legislation

03 min 02 sec

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02.: Event Introduction

03 min 41 sec

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03.: Discussion on Torture

04 min 42 sec

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04.: Moral Choices

03 min 23 sec

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05.: Short History of Torture

14 min 36 sec

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06.: Reporters not Paying Attention

06 min 53 sec

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07.: Tendency Towards Caution

04 min 02 sec

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08.: Habeas Corpus Stripped

08 min 40 sec

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09.: Torture is Not New

02 min 56 sec

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10.: Q1 - Does Torture Work?

10 min 07 sec

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11.: Q2 - Resistance being Effective

02 min 53 sec

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12.: Q3 - Brooklyn Torture

04 min 06 sec

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13.: Q4 - Shift in Thinking

02 min 49 sec

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14.: Q5 - Supreme Court

03 min 35 sec

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15.: Q6 - Research on Torturers

05 min 19 sec

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16.: Q7 - Training in Vietnam

03 min 53 sec

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17.: Final Comments

07 min 17 sec

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Partner:: New School
Location:: The New School
New York, NY
Event Date:: 10.04.06
Speakers:: Laura Flanders,; Donald Glascoff,; Bill Goodman,; Alfred McCoy,; Eric Umansky

Summary: Humanity and Torture: Effective Interrogation or Brutality?

As part of a three-part series on "Humanity and Torture," being sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School, this panel will address difficult questions in the context of recent controversies about use of torture in interrogations of Al Qaida prisoners and others engaged in or suspected of terrorism since 9/11. As torture appears to become routine in the world in which we live, is there a "torture gene"? If terror is the enemy, is torture the response? Is torture ever morally permissible? - The New School