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February 25, 2013

Yale Suspends Plans for Pentagon-Funded "Interrogation" Program 
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A public outcry has forced Yale University has suspend plans for a
campus center to train special operations forces in interview
techniques. The center would be funded by a $1.8 million grant from the
Pentagon and was set to open as early as April. Dubbed an "interrogation
center" by critics, the facility would be housed at the Yale School of
Medicine and led by Charles Morgan, a professor of psychiatry who
previously conducted research on how to tell whether Arab and Muslim men
are lying. But citing the need to avoid "unethical treatment" as alleged
by critics, Yale released a statement saying: "We are not moving forward
on any such center until we have fully investigated all these issues
[raised]." Click here to watch our report on the proposed center from a
recent broadcast.

 

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