We’re offering three free e-books: It’s the What You Need to Know Now Kit
In response to recent events, Melville House has announced it is offering free e-book editions of several of its recent hit books. The books included are TRUMP / RUSSIA: A… Read more »
What the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture teaches us about soon-to-be CIA Director Gina Haspel
You’ve seen the news: CIA Director Mike Pompeo will be sliding over to serve as Secretary of State, and his deputy Gina Haspel will take the reins at the Agency. This is… Read more »
PRESS RELEASE: Melville House offers FREE ebook of torture report after Senate Republicans try to suppress it
Melville House has announced it is giving away free ebooks of its edition of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture after reports that the Republican head of the Senate… Read more »
The efficacy of torture isn’t so much about “feelings,” Mr. President
“I happen to feel that [torture] does work,” Donald Trump said in a joint conference with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday. Well, Mr. President, I “happen to feel”… Read more »
As the lawsuit against him moves forward, an architect of America’s torture program releases a book defending his role
Back in May, we reported on a book by James Mitchell, a psychologist and former CIA contractor who has been named in a lawsuit brought by two former CIA black-site… Read more »
CIA inspector general’s office “accidentally” destroys its copy of CIA torture report
Last year, Melville House did something the government didn’t do — made a print version, as well as a readable, searchable digital version, of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. The idea was to make… Read more »
The psychologist claiming in court that he didn’t create the CIA torture program has written a book claiming he created the CIA torture program
James Mitchell’s lawyers will attempt to beat a lawsuit filed by two former CIA black-site detainees and the family of a third prisoner who died while in CIA custody by claiming that… Read more »
Is the torture report a public record? An interview with the National Security Archive’s Lauren Harper
Two weeks ago, the National Security Archive’s Lauren Harper wrote a fascinating op-ed in Al Jazeera America (RIP!) called “The CIA torture report belongs to the public.” Since our publication… Read more »
The CIA quietly agreed with the Senate Torture Report’s critiques of the CIA
When we last reported on the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture, we brought word that the Department of Justice was doing its best to keep the full report away… Read more »
Has anyone in the White House read the Senate Torture Report?
On Monday, we wrote about Amnesty International’s day of action in honor of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. Amnesty’s campaign—American Torture Story—encouraged the group’s members to remind Congress,… Read more »