administration s use of waterboarding. i ve come to believe firmly that torture is wrong under any circumstances. it is not something that a civilized society should sanction. it is something that we as americans should oppose. john kiriakou is the only official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program. if we are going to make prosecution or initiate prosecution, those prosecutions can t just be against the people who blew the whistle on the torture or who opposed the torture. we haven t even investigated the torturers. john kiriakou for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the islamic state is claiming kidnapped aid worker kayla mueller, its last known remaining american hostage, has died in syria. on friday, isis claimed mueller was killed in a jordanian airstrike on the city of raqqa. mueller s family says it has yet to see proof and maintains hope she is
he has just been released from prison. he will join us from his home, where he remains on house arrest while finishing his two-and-a-half-year sentence. in 2007, kiriakou became the first cia official to publicly confirm and detail the bush administration s use of waterboarding. i ve come to believe firmly that torture is wrong under any circumstances. it is not something that a civilized society should sanction. it is something that we as americans should oppose. john kiriakou is the only official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program. if we are going to make prosecution or initiate prosecution, those prosecutions can t just be against the people who blew the whistle on the torture or who opposed the torture. we haven t even investigated the torturers. john kiriakou for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the islamic state is claiming kidnapped aid worker
for putting it out, and this goes back to my home, the bay area. [applause] where oscar grant lived, breathed, slept, loved, fought, had fun and survived for 22 years. a dramatic film called, fruitvale, about the 2009 police killing of oscar grant in oakland takes top honors at the sundance film festival. rick rowley and jeremy scahill s found, 30 juárez wins best cinematography. the first american they had seen since americans killed half their family. they invited us in and share the most difficult time of their life with us because we promised we would do everything we could to make their story heard in america. i have to think sundance for letting us keep that promise. today s exclusive, extended broadcast interview about running from crazy about mariel hemingway. i think for me who has been running from crazy my whole life to realize that is not a choice for me, even though i have had suicidal thoughts in the past, it was so clear it is not acceptable in m
the man who destroyed the proof of the [indiscernible] dealing was a lawyer. a former cj agent john kiriakou speaks out just days after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, becoming the first cia official to face jail for any reason relating to the u.s. torture program. even those who carried it out. but first we go to egypt, state of emergency has been declared, the defense minister is warning about the possible collapse of the state. we will speak with democracy now s sharif abdel kouddous in port said. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president obama kicked off his second term push for immigration reform on tuesday with a speech in nevada, a battleground state whose growing latino vote helped him win the november election. i am here today because the time has come for common sense, comprehensive immigration reform [applause] we have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are