Hot Paper Topics
Waterboarding and Interrogation

• the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
• CIA and the War on Terrorism -- the CIA's official take on it all. Primary sources here!
• Dept. of Homeland Security
• Intelligence Literature -- a list of books and also some full-text document links, including titles in the history of intelligence in the U.S.
• Intelligence Systems & Programs -- from the Federation of American Scientists, this includes a selection of official and unofficial resources on intelligence gathering, policy, functions, and operations.
• Legal Documents on FOIA and Access to Government Information -- FOIA means the Freedom of Information Act.
• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner -- Human Rights home page. Click here for the U.N. Committee Against Torture website
• Using the Freedom of Information Act -- A step-by-step guide
• Waterboarding -- a primary document consisting of U.S. retired general's letter to Congress denouncing waterboarding as an interrogation method.
• Waterboarding - the facts about what exactly it is.
• Waterboarding: Historically Controversial -- a Washington Post article outlining the history of the method.
• Waterboarding: A Tortured History -- feature article on NPR with images.
• White House  -- official home page.
• The White House Official Veto Letter --dated March 8th 2008, to Congress, Pres. Bush vetoes the latest ban on waterboarding. This is a primary document.

For SAU Students only:

• Masci, D. (2003, April 18). The Issues:Torture. CQ Researcher, 13(15), 347-353.

  Located on our journal shelves in the SAU Library.