RT Article
T1 Back to the Dark Side: Explaining the CIA’s Repeated Use of Torture
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 33
IS 2
SP 257
OP 270
A1 Jacobson, Adam D.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1752575415
AB Since the CIA’s inception, elements of the Agency have researched, used, and taught interrogation tactics for national security and counterterrorism purposes. These have sometimes constituted torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, and ethical violations. Using the lens of Institutional Change Theory and investigating critical junctures in CIA history, this paper shows that a lack of meaningful internal and external oversight and accountability measures can explain the CIA’s recurrent use and propagation of torture and abuse in interrogation. These findings have implications for future counterterrorism interrogation policy, and preventing the use of ineffective, unethical techniques.
K1 Institutional change
K1 Counterterrorism
K1 Interrogation
K1 CIA
K1 Torture
DO 10.1080/09546553.2021.1880193