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Science behind US coercive interrogations missing in action

Date: September 21, 2009

Author: Dr. John R. Timmer Ph.D.

QUOTE: An article released by an academic journal today argues that the psychology equivalent of folk wisdom drove the decision to use coercive interrogation techniques during the Bush administration.

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