CIA terror investigations

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has appointed Connecticut prosecutor John Durham to examine a dozen cases where CIA interrogators may have violated anti-torture laws with terrorism suspects. The investigation faces a number of legal and political hurdles.

Guests

• Scott Silliman: Professor of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University.
• Mark Danner: Professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. His book is called "Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror." (2004)
• Jack Cloonan: Former FBI interrogator and special agent from 1977 to 2002. He worked on Al Qaeda cases in the mid-1990s.

Resources

• CIA Inspector General's report
• About Scott Silliman
• About Mark Danner