▁with ▁relevant ▁documents ▁and ▁a ▁pre face ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁column ist ▁Frank ▁Rich , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁in ▁The ▁Secret ▁Way ▁to ▁War : ▁the ▁Down ing ▁Street ▁Mem o ▁and ▁the ▁Ira q ▁War ' s ▁Bur ied ▁History . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Brian ▁Lamb ▁sat ▁down ▁with ▁Mark ▁D anner ▁to ▁talk ▁about ▁his ▁latest ▁book , ▁Sp iral : ▁Tra pped ▁in ▁the ▁Fore ver ▁War , ▁which ▁looks ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 5 - year ▁U . S . ▁war ▁on ▁terror ism . ▁The ▁interview ed ▁a ired ▁on ▁C - SP AN ▁on ▁Oct . ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁T ort ure ▁and ▁Ab u ▁Gh ra ib ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ess ays ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁on ▁the ▁emer ging ▁tort ure ▁sc andal ▁that ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁Ab u ▁Gh ra ib . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁collected ▁these ▁ess ays ▁and ▁gathered ▁them , ▁together ▁with ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁government ▁documents ▁and ▁reports , ▁into ▁his ▁book , ▁T ort ure ▁and ▁Tr uth : ▁America , ▁Ab u ▁Gh ra ib ▁and ▁the ▁War ▁on ▁T error . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁D anner ▁published ▁an ▁ess ay ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ,' ▁" US ▁T