Interrogation and Torture. Integrating Efficacy with Law and Morality *

Foreword
Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties, Resolutions and Other Relevant Documents

Introduction: Legal, Moral and Effective Interrogation
. Steven J. Barela
. Jens David Ohlin

Part I. Identifying Torture

1. Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty
. Manfred Nowak
. Giuliana Monina
2. Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act
. David Luban
. Katherine S. Newell
3. The Field of Torture Today: Ten Years On from Torture and Democracy
. Darius Rejali

Part II. The Emergent Science and Effective Practice of Interrogation

4. The HIG Project: The Road to Scientific Research on Interrogation
. Mark Fallon
. Susan E. Brandon
5. Developing Rapport and Trust in the Interrogative Context: An Empirically-Supported Alternative
. Laure Brimbal
. Colonel Steven M. Kleinman (Ret.)
. Simon Oleszkiewicz
. Christian A. Meissner
6. Investigative Interviewing: From England to Norway and Beyond
. Ray Bull
. o Asbjørn Rachlew
7. Interrogating the Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation
. Shane O’Mara

Part III. Strains on Professionals and Professionalism

8. Professional Standards in the Aftermath of Torture: The Struggles of the American Psychological Association
. Stephen Soldz
. Steven Reisner
9. What Can Be Asked of Interrogators?
. Michael Skerker
10. Beyond Ethics on the Sly: The Behavioral Sciences & National-Security Interrogation
. M. Gregg Bloche

Part IV. Reviewing Legal Efforts to Constrain Torture

11. Cycles of Compulsion: Efficacy and Legality in the History of Israeli Torture Debates and Practice
. Karin Loevy
12. A Qualified Defense of the Obama Administration’s Record on Torture
. John T. Parry
13. Unmasking the Challenges: Interrogation and International Law
. Gloria Gaggioli
. Pavle Kilibarda

Part V. A Fresh View on Enduring Moral Debates

14. The HIG Project: A Road to Scientific Research on Interrogation
. J.M. Bernstein
15. Justifying Too Much: Utilitarianism as a Moral Theory
. Bob Brecher
16. Reclaiming Bentham on Torture
. Steven J. Barela

Part VI. What is the Future of
Interrogation/Interviewing?
17. Preventing Torture: What Works?
. Mark Thomson
. Barbara Bernath
18. Repairing the Damage from Illegal Acts of State: The Costs of Failed Accountability for Torture
. Claire Finkelstein
. Brigadier General Steve Xenakis, M.D. (Ret.)
19. Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice: A Portrait of the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantánamo
. Brigadier General John G. Baker
. Mary E. Spears
. Katherine S. Newell
20. Setting Universal Standards for Non-Coercive Interviews and Associated Safeguards
. Juan E. Méndez
. Andra Nicolescu
Afterword: The Corrosive Strategic Legacy of Torture
. Alberto Mora