ort ure : ▁Vo ices ▁from ▁the ▁Black ▁S ites ", ▁which ▁revealed ▁the ▁contents ▁of ▁a ▁secret ▁International ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁report ▁based ▁on ▁testim ony ▁from ▁" high - value ▁d eta ine es " ▁in ▁the ▁" W ar ▁on ▁T error ," ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁captured , ▁held , ▁and ▁inter rog ated ▁at ▁secret ▁US ▁pr isons — the ▁so - called ▁" black ▁sites ". ▁Short ly ▁there after , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁second ▁ess ay , ▁" The ▁Red ▁Cross ▁Report : ▁What ▁it ▁Me ans " ▁and ▁released ▁the ▁full ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁report ▁on ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁website . ▁We eks ▁later , ▁President ▁Ob ama ▁ordered ▁released ▁four ▁Justice ▁Department ▁mem os ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration ▁pur port ed ▁" to ▁legal ize ▁tort ure ." ▁Senior ▁Ob ama ▁officials ▁Rah m ▁E manuel ▁and ▁David ▁Ax el rod ▁claimed ▁public ly ▁that ▁the ▁mem os ' ▁release ▁was ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁Report . ▁ ▁Mark ▁D anner ▁On ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁D anner ▁began ▁covering ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁general ▁election ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁profil ing ▁then ▁Republican ▁president ial ▁candidate ▁Donald ▁J . ▁Trump ▁on ▁his ▁campaign ▁trail . ▁In ▁May , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books ▁published ▁" The ▁Magic ▁of ▁Donald ▁Trump ," ▁and ▁on ▁Dec . ▁ 2 2 , ▁the ▁magazine