The Atlantic
By: Siddhartha Mahanta

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In February, Donald Trump vowed to make “enhanced interrogation techniques”—like sleep deprivation, waterboarding, and “a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding”—part of his then-hypothetical administration’s approach to fighting terrorism. He also promised to target the families of suspected terrorists. His pledges, sometimes reversed, then reinforced, all seemed like instances of his fiery, base-riling campaign rhetoric…

The former FBI agent Ali Soufan is an experienced intelligence professional, with his own well-developed views on torture…

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