Torture Memoir on CSPAN2 - Confessions of an Innocent Man ON NOW

[Viva_La_Revolution]

I saw this program a few months ago... it's an incredible story of survival. There is a short book presentation, then an in-depth interview with the author that gets pretty deep into the details. Sampson says he kept his sanity by going over and over daily events, commiting them to memory. As a result, his book is incredible. Well worth a few hours of your day.

Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison
William Sampson

William Sampson was arrested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December of 2000, accused of detonating a series of lethal car bombs. His imprisonment and subsequent torture at the hands of his Saudi captors is the subject of his book, "Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison." Over a two-year period, Mr. Sampson was beaten and tortured and sentenced to death after a covert trial. The book documents his incarceration as well as his eventual exoneration by a British inquest.

William Sampson has worked in biochemical research and pharmaceutical marketing. He was working as a marketing consultant for the Saudi Industrial Development Fund in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the time of his arrest.

You can watch anytime at CSPAN video archive.
direct link to video - http://www.booktv.org/ram/publiclives/1205/btv121705_2.ram

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. shameless kick!

[scarletlib]

2. This is excellent. I heard him once before.

I looked for the book but haven't found it yet.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Amazon actually has it on sale

New for $18.45 Used for $17.50
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0771079036/sr=8-1/qid=1139693435/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6814585-0184832?%5Fencoding=UTF8


Still out of my price range. :(

[scarletlib]

4. thanks