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From a man who was there at the inception of the United States' torture program, Unjustifiable Means delves into the dark side of the United States government to reveal how our nation evolved to sanction evil. A true insider and a veteran NCIS agent, Mark Fallon was appointed the deputy commander of the Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) charged with bringing suspected terrorists to justice in the War on Terror. With the opening of Guantanamo Bay and the arrival of detainees, government agencies - including the CIA, Army, and NCIS - began infighting over whose jurisdiction the investigation fell under, and what the best method was for extracting information on al-Qaeda. Fallon has exclusive insider information on the decision to implement "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques," and the backchannels and deception employed to legalize these methods and hide them from the public's view.
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Mark Fallon is an international security consultant and career national security professional. He spent more than 30 years as a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) , counterintelligence officer, counterterrorism operative, undercover agent, asset handler and law enforcement specialist. In 2008, he was appointed to the senior executive service within the Department of Homeland Security and was the Assistant Director for Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Mark is Vice Chair of the International Association of Chiefs of Police IMPACT Section and member of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) Research Committee, having served as its first chair. Mark was the Senior Vice President of the Soufan Group and Program Manager of a study of violent extremists at the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies. Mark served as the NCIS Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, Director of the NCIS Training Academy and Special Agent in Charge. Mark was a special consultant to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and assisted in the development of the UN universal protocols for investigative interviewing. The report was presented to the UN General Assembly in August 2016. Learn more about Mark at www.markfallon.us
