How Religion Was Misused In CIA Interrogations

How Religion Was Misused In CIA Interrogations 2015-04-29T20:06:38-05:00

The release of the CIA torture report uncovered and detailed the many brutal tactics employed by U.S. interrogators. But what about the role of religion? We take a look at how it was misused in an attempt to break detainees’ own religious faith. Panelists included:

  • Rev. Ron Stief @NRCATtweets (Washington, DC) Executive Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture 
  • Ibrahim Hooper @CAIRNational (Washington, DC) Communications Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) 
  • Rev. Paul Raushenbush @raushenbush (New York, NY) HuffPost Executive Religion Editor

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