From PUP, the introduction to Torture and Democracy by Darius Rejali (and an interview). Watching torture: A reporter's reflections on "the pornography of violence". A review of The Guantanamo Files: the Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison by Andy Worthington. Think the Guantanamo detainees are all innocent? Think again. A review of Security and Human Rights. Abolish the CIA: Destroying the interrogation tapes amounts to mutiny and treason. Is the CIA getting a bad rap? The agency is imperfect, but we need it—now more than ever. More on Day of Empire by Amy Chua. More on God & Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell Mead. An interview with Richard Armitage, former deputy US secretary of state, on President Bush. A review of The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy by Glenn Kessler. A review of Media, War and Postmodernity by Philip Hammond.