Intensive interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were used to elicit information from two prisoners at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior ...

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In court this week, a psychologist who waterboarded prisoners for the CIA rolled up a towel, wrapped it around the neck of a criminal defense lawyer, and slowly pulled the ...

Nayeri is the author of the award-winning book The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You and Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough. She is the winner of the UNESCO City of ...