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ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Studio: Porter Goss, Beer Nuts and Waterboarding

David Felsen,
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September 27, 2011

Apparently, former CIA Director Porter Goss' favorite party trick is to use beer nuts to show how waterboarding is really no big deal. You'll learn this and other fun facts in our inaugural ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Studio Podcast.

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Studio is for those who can't get enough of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û. Hosted by ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û staff, the series will feature compelling interviews with writers, filmmakers, musicians and artists whose work is inspired by civil liberties issues.

In our first episode, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û National Security Project Litigation Director, Ben Wizner talks with award winning journalist Michelle Shephard about her new book, Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorisms Grey Zone.

According to Shephard, former CIA Director Goss made light of the 183 times CIA interrogators wateboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, saying these incidents of torture were as insignificant as the beer nuts in his hand. Tune in to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Studio for more savory tidbits from Michelle's remarkable decade covering the so-called "war on terror." Listen now:

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Next up: an interview with former FBI interrogator Ali Soufan about his new book, The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against al-Qaeda.

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