CIA director nominee Gina Haspel attends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington last week. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters hide caption
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James Mitchell (left) and Bruce Jessen have settled a lawsuit brought by former detainees who were held in secret CIA prisons. ACLU hide caption
Abu Zubaydah, an alleged al-Qaida operative who was reportedly subjected to waterboarding at a secret location in Thailand in 2002. Anonymous/AP hide caption
President George W. Bush speaks to Vice President Dick Cheney by phone aboard Air Force One after departing Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Sept. 11, 2001. Eric Draper/AP hide caption
Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, in September. Cheney has been highly critical of the bipartisan Senate report Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Kiefer Sutherland (right) with Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams on Fox's 24. Fox TV hide caption
Even If Torture Doesn't Work In The Real World, TV Has Us Convinced It Does
When it comes to picturing Elena Ferrante, readers have even less material than they do on Thomas Pynchon. They'll have to continue to settle for stock photography such as this, a shot of her native Naples, Italy. Angelafoto/iStockphoto hide caption
The CIA has long maintained that its advanced interrogation techniques led to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Rahimullah Yousafzai/AP hide caption