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The torture question [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Michael Kirk ; a Frontline coproduction with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Kirk, Michael, Lyman, Will, Gilmore, Jim, Kirk Documentary Group, WGBH Educational Foundation, and PBS Video
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Language Note
Closed-captioned.
Summary
The program traces how decisions made in Washington, D.C. in the immediate aftermath of September 11th led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq. The program provides the context for understanding how the rules were confused, how lines of authority were blurred, and what happens when the authorization of "coercive interrogation" makes it way into the battle zone. The program focuses on the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq as a case study in prisoner abuse.
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Frontline (Television program)
Note
Originally broadcast on October 18, 2005 as a segment of the television program Frontline.
Includes optional audio commentary by Michael Kirk.
Streaming video is offered in either Windows Media or RealPlayer formats.
Participant/Performer Note
Narrator, Will Lyman ; reporter, Jim Gilmore.
Technical Details
DVD-R.
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