Panel: Questioning High-Value Suspects – Confronting Torture and Advancing Effective Interrogation

Reed College Public Policy Lecture Series announced a panel discussion moderated by Joshua Phillips, with Dr. Christian Meissner, Colonel Steven Kleinman, USAF-retired and Mark to discuss questioning high-value targets.

Event Date
2015-04-08
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Reed College

Reed College – Panel Discussion: Questioning High Value Suspects – Confronting Torture and Advancing Effective Interrogation

Reed College Public Policy Lecture Series hosted a panel discussion on Questioning High-Value Suspects: Confronting Torture and Advancing Effective Interrogation.  Joshua Philips moderated the panel with Dr. Christian Meissner, Colonel Steven Kleinman, USAF-retired and Mark.

Event Date
2015-04-08
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Reed College

It’s Been A Year Since Senators Voted To Reveal CIA Torture. What Do We Have To Show For It?

Huffington Post reporter Ali Watkins interviewed Mark about the protracted battles within to CIA and White House over the SSCI Torture Report and the CIA’s failure to acknowledge their actions as torture and the failure to hold anyone accountable.  Mark told the Huffington Post we’ve continued to try and redact and classify our way out of past mistakes.

Event Date
2015-04-03
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The Huffington Post

Closing Guantanamo: American Ideals and Interesets

Mark participated in a Human Rights First public service announcement video about the strategic consequences of keeping the Guantanamo Bay prison open.  Mark said you need a place to hold enemy combatants and to exploit a detainee for their intelligence value, but that is not what had occurred at Guantanamo Bay.

Event Date
2015-06-29
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Human Rights First
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National Security Experts Speak Out on Anti-Torture Legislation

Mark was among the twenty retired military leaders and national security professionals that came to Washington D.C. and met with senators from both sides of the aisle to advocate for support for the legislation solidifying the ban on torture.  Mark praised the amendment advocated for data-proven approaches and to take torture off the table, as it is illegal and something we should never consider again.

Event Date
2015-06-11
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Human Rights First

A Bipartisan Group of US Senators Would Like to Re-Ban Torture Again

Mark was interviewed by Vice News journalist Jason Leopold on how the passage of the McCain-Feinstein anti-torture amendment was long overdue and how a universal standard across all agencies is required.  Mark had met with members of Congress advocating for passage of the amendment and the review of the Army Field Manual; promoting the use science and evidence-based research for more effective interrogations.

Event Date
2015-06-09
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Vice News

Beyond Torture: The New Science Of Interrogating Terrorists

Newsweek journalist Rupert Stone interviewed Mark in his article on the use of science to inform the practice of interrogation and how the Army Field Manual special appendix that allows for cruel treatment, such as prolonged solitary confinement and sleep and sensory deprivation, should be reviewed and updated.

Event Date
2015-06-09
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Newsweek

An Opportunity Lost

Witness to Guantanamo released a video tape of an interview of Mark regarding treatment of GTMO detainees and how it worked against our national security goals and created the very adversaries we feared.

Event Date
2015-06-16
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Witness to Guantanamo
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