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A New Spy Museum That Tackles Torture And Other Tough Questions
The new International Spy Museum
The new International Spy Museum in southwest Washington, just a couple blocks off the National Mall, opens on Sunday. The private museum was built at a cost of $162 million and replaces a much smaller version that opened back in 2002.
doesn’t shy away from controversy. One exhibit room has yellow stencil on a stark, cinderblock wall that reads, “What is torture?”
A video features Jose Rodriquez,
an ex-CIA official who was deeply involved in the waterboarding program of terror suspects after the 2001 al-Qaida attacks:
“This was a very successful program,” Rodriguez says.
“It protected the homeland and saved American lives.”
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