Outsourcing Torture

According to Laura A. Dickinson, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, the United States does not have a viable system to regulate national security contractors. Professor Dickinson spoke with The Huffington Post about the recent Senate report on CIA torture, which revealed that contractors have conducted 85 percent of the agency's interrogations since 9/11. "We still lack a comprehensive legal framework for ensuring that contractors who commit abuses are held accountable," said Professor Dickinson, who also noted that expanded actions in Syria and Iraq may mean an increase in private contractors carrying out government work in foreign countries.