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Kristie MacrakisKristie Macrakis, professor in the School of History, Technology and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote the Newsweek, October 9, article, “Getting to the Whole Truth About America’s Torture of Suspected Terrorists.” The School of History, Technology and Society is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Excerpt:
It’s too bad the trial of two CIA contract psychologists who created the “torture” interrogation program in the wake of 9/11 was canceled and the case settled out of court.
The trial, scheduled for September 5, might have provided publicity that could help prevent future abuses in the name of national security.
Such publicity could also call attention to the need for creating a stronger institutional memory in order to remember similar cases from the past before making the same mistakes in the present.
For the full article, visit the Newsweek website.
