February 8, 2008 Enhanced interrogation. Black sites. Extraordinary rendition. Enemy combatant. These are just a few of the new terms making their way into the American vocabulary.

In 2003, the abuses at Abu Ghraib leaked to the press and the world. Since then, a steady stream of reports has suggested that some American agencies have used a network of secret prison, extraordinary renditions and brutal interrogation tactics on suspected terrorists. And, recently, the CIA has admitted that it has employed water-boarding, a tactic outlawed by U.S. Criminal, Military, and International law. The news has inspired a frank debate about torture. What is and isn't torture? Is it ever okay? If so, when? And how do the interrogators know?

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, the new film from Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM), steps right into the middle of this debate. The film explores the death of an innocent taxi driver while in American custody at Bagram Airforce Base in Afghanistan, and, through interviews with interrogators, investigative reporters, and administration officials, a larger story of American detention and interrogation policies in the fight against terrorism. The film graphically portrays the realities on the ground and should complicate legal and moral responses at home and in the legislature.

Americans Debate Interrogation Tactics
In a recent poll, 69% of Americans said they think water-boarding is torture. And, 40% believe that it would be okay for the government to use the tactic some of the time. In another poll, 61% of Americans thought torture was justifiable in certain circumstances.

PBS - MOYERS JOURNAL
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02082008/profile4.html

HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: PRIMETIME TORTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tokILw1Kcec

Human Rights First, the organization that organized the meeting, has been tracking the increase in instances of torture in prime time television since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/primetime/index.asp#problem