Talking Torture
Join Scott Horton, a Harper’s Magazine contributing editor, and Mark Krotov, a senior editor at Melville House, for a discussion of the CIA torture report
SIGN IN to access Harper’s Magazine
Need to create a login? Want to change your email address or password? Forgot your password?
1. Sign in to Customer Care using your account number or postal address.
2. Select Email/Password Information.
3. Enter your new information and click on Save My Changes.
Subscribers can find additional help here. Not a subscriber? Subscribe today!
Join Scott Horton, a Harper’s Magazine contributing editor, and Mark Krotov, a senior editor at Melville House, for a discussion of the CIA torture report
On January 28, at Book Culture in New York City, Scott Horton, a Harper’s Magazine contributing editor, will discuss the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture with Mark Krotov, a senior editor at Melville House, which published the report.
The Senate report was based on more than 6 million internal CIA documents. It examined the U.S. government’s use of secret “black site” prisons to detain and interrogate 119 people between 2002 and 2008, and found that the CIA—in cooperation with other domestic and international agencies—subjected prisoners to waterboarding, “rectal feeding,” and other forms of torture, which at times resulted in death. The report took more than five years to produce. Its executive summary was released to the public on December 9, 2014, and published in paperback and electronic editions by Melville House later that month.
Join us on Wednesday, January 28, at 7:00 pm, at Book Culture, 450 Columbus Avenue in Manhattan.
Also: on Tuesday, February 3, at 6:00 pm, Horton will discuss his new book, Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America’s Stealth Warfare, at Fordham University School of Law, 150 West 62nd Street, New York, Costantino Room, 2nd Floor.
More from Harper's Magazine:
Weekly Review — December 10, 2019, 3:32 pm
Justin Trudeau was caught on a hot mic; Senator Kamala Harris of California, Governor Steve Bullock of Montana, and the retired admiral Joe Sestak ended their campaigns; Donald Trump expressed concern about Americans’ plumbing
Podcast — November 13, 2019, 4:14 pm
A panel of legal experts, lawmakers, and historians attempt to decode the enigmatic (or just unsatisfying) investigation, and discuss impeachment
Weekly Review — April 23, 2019, 3:19 pm
Notre Dame burned; a journalist was killed by the New I.R.A.; “the Crazy Mueller Report” was made public
Cost of renting a giant panda from the Chinese government, per day:
A recent earthquake in Chile was found to have shifted the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, shortened Earth’s days by 1.26 microseconds, and shifted the planet’s axis by nearly three inches.
The Chevrolet Suburban sport utility vehicle was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
At Ivanwald, men learn to be leaders by loving their leaders. “They’re so busy loving us,” a brother once explained to me, “but who’s loving them?” We were. The brothers each paid $400 per month for room and board, but we were also the caretakers of The Cedars, cleaning its gutters, mowing its lawns, whacking weeds and blowing leaves and sanding. And we were called to serve on Tuesday mornings, when The Cedars hosted a regular prayer breakfast typically presided over by Ed Meese, the former attorney general. Each week the breakfast brought together a rotating group of ambassadors, businessmen, and American politicians. Three of Ivanwald’s brothers also attended, wearing crisp shirts starched just for the occasion; one would sit at the table while the other two poured coffee.