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
Pub/Org
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
Pub/Org
Human Rights First
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Guantanamo Agent: Investigate UK’s Role In Torture

Mark told LBC there’s been no evidence to establish that the infliction of abuse or pain or torture would result in the acquisition of accurate or reliable information and that it is counter productive, as it hardens resistance and results in tainted or flawed intelligence.

Event Date
2015-12-13
Pub/Org
LBC UK