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Confronting the CIA's Mind Maze
Alfred W. McCoy: With the departure of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from Washington and the arrival of Barack Obama, it may just be back to the future when it comes to torture policy.
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Inquisitions
Eduardo Galeano: From Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, tales of the Devil and wise women, torturers and the tortured.
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The CIA's Truth Problem
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Tim Weiner: Will the CIA tell Congress the truth? Would Congress listen if it did?
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Lipstick Traces
Steve Brodner: The Kiss of Death?
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Condi Rice Is Finally Happy...
Steve Brodner: Now she's in her element.
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Iraq War Pay Per Day
Steve Brodner: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform breaks it down for you.
The new torture complex cannot be attributed to the few "rotten apples"--the military "grunts" Bush Administration officials attempted to blame in the early days of the scandal. In the illustration, which can be downloaded in pdf format, artists Steve Brodner and Peter Ahlberg have used the metaphor of a tree to create a compelling visual image of the torture complex, rooted in the White House and Pentagon, with branches extending out to the Justice Department, political leaders, academics, medical professionals, media and ordinary soldiers.
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