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A quick look at the proposal reveals that the aims of the Women’s Center are actually far less controversial and more useful than the critics claim. Picture this: a place where anyone concerned with women’s and gender-related issues could access the resources they...
If such interrogation tactics are legally questionable, are they at least useful? Is there any reason to believe that discomfort, nudity and sexual humiliation actually persuade men to share secrets?
But the trick is knowing when to stop. The behavior of the military police at Abu Ghraib seems to blur into hazing, sadism and mockery. Whatever the motives, says Kutz, the soldiers virtually guaranteed that the inmates would be susceptible to post-traumatic stress--and useless to interrogators. "This is...
But there are still many who dream of being the next Rocco DiSpirito, Mario Batali or Nigella Lawson, and it is for them that CIA president Ryan says he has some concerns. "Students see Sara Moulton on TV and think they could be doing that in a few short years...
The noncooking classes are typically designed to be relevant to the food world. At the CIA, for example, an accounting class uses old ledgers from real restaurants and hotels as study guides. An assignment for a writing course requires composing menus for different palates. Such food-free classes are particularly...