Boise Weekly Vol. 23 Issue 44

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“There is something in the debate that goes to a place more visceral than religion and politics: sex.” COPE 4

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Interrogation

An attempt to find the eastern Idaho native at the center of the CIA torture scandal

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Lies and Damn Lies

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EDITOR’S NOTE WHAT’S COOKING This week’s feature story has been simmering for about four months. The process began shortly after the release of the United States Senate report on so-called “enhanced interrogation” techniques used in the years following 9/11. Otherwise known as the “torture report,” the investigation encompassed 6.3 million pages of CIA records and took five years to winnow down to a 600-page summary. The findings were damning—that the United States had actively, albeit secretly, engaged in morally and legally questionable methods of detention and interrogation against suspected terrorists who quite often didn’t have much information to give.

The report made international headlines after its release in early December 2014, but was quickly bumped from the news cycle by the Sony hack, which led to the premature release of the satirical anti-North Korea film The Interview. By the time that scandal died with a whimper, the report was all but forgotten.

Around Christmas time, with everything more or less quiet in the newsroom, I started digging around in the report looking for some kind of Idaho connection. I soon found it through a report from the Pacific Northwest Inlander, which had sent a reporter to confront one of key figures in the investigation, Dr. Bruce Jessen—referred to as “Dr. Hammond Dunbar” in the report— at his home outside Spokane, Wash. Allegedly, he and another psychologist were responsible for creating, overseeing and often administering the enhanced interrogation program. As it turned out, Jessen is an Idaho native. From there, the question was to find out where in Idaho he was born and try to get a sense for who he is. The results of that effort are presented on Page 8.

Speaking of things that are cooking, visitors to boiseweekly. com will soon see some changes as we begin making some tweaks to our website. Specifically, we will be doing away with our blog sections—Cobweb and Citydesk—and rolling that content into our regular online sections, such as News, Arts, Music, Screen, Food, Opinion and Rec, in an effort to streamline our homepage and make for an easier reading experience. As always, you’ll find regular story updates on facebook.com/boiseweekly.

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CASTORO IN COURT BOISE RESTAUR ATEUR ROBERT CASTORO, OF BARBAC OA FAME, WAS BACK IN COURT ON APRIL 20 FACING FELONY CHARGES OF DOMESTIC BAT TERY AND DRUG POS SES SION. THE CHARGES STEM FROM A JUNE 2014 DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE C A L L , D U RI N G WHI C H P O L I C E REP O RTE D FINDING AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF C O C A I N E. C A STO RO C O U L D FAC E U P TO 10 YE ARS IN PRISON AND/OR $50,000 IN F I N ES . M O RE O N CIT YDESK.

RECALLED Gourmet ice cream maker Blue Bell widened a recent recall to include all of its products, after the Texasbased creamery discovered another instance of Listeria contamination. Details on Citydesk.

WINNING WRITER The awards keep piling up for Boise author Anthony Doerr, whose National Book Award-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See received a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

More on Cobweb.

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BUILDING BOOM Another big development has been unveiled for downtown Boise, this time an apartment/retail building in the Central Addition neighborhood.

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STRAIGHT-MAN’S BURDEN An opportunity for even the Right to be right BILL COPE I would hope that Boise Weekly readers understand by now that I am a supporter of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in their struggle to claim a full share of whatever it is we American citizens assume is ours—be it rights, opportunities, dignity, a sense of relative safety, freedom from being perpetually judged and condemned and discriminated against and assaulted and treated like crap... whatever it is.

However, in the process of writing something about the eruption of outrage over the attempt by Indiana Republicans to make life for LGBT people measurably more miserable, I got to wondering what I might have written about LGBT issues in the past. That’s nothing new. On occasion, I have to go back over past columns, to make sure I’m not writing the same thing over again. (And if you think that’s funny, you try turning out more than a thousand of these bastards, then remember exactly what you said in all of them.)

I knew I hadn’t written anything specifically on LGBT concerns for at least a year, so I started there, moving backwards until I found what I was looking for—the last one I’d done dealing specifically with matters gay.

December, 2008. Yeah... 345 columns ago was the last time I used this platform solely to express my solidarity with the LGBT community. Even then, it was less a statement of support, and more of a condemnation of the Mormon Church for using its enormous clout to get Prop. 8 passed in California—seven years ago.

I’m sorry for that. While same-sex marriage may not be as urgent an issue in my mind as, say, global warming or voter suppression, it is nevertheless important to me, and something that I hold at the gut level to be right.

Frankly, though, it doesn’t appear LGBT activists have any pressing need for me to continually add my negligible weight behind their cause.

As reflected against the background of where their concerns stood 40 years ago, 20 years ago, even 10 years ago, it is remarkable how rapidly this has flipped. We can only wish other serious issues were turning around as quickly as same-sex marriage and LGBT civil rights in general.

I can’t say whether it’s a Hallmark-moment Welcome to the family with open arms shift, or if it’s a matter of a resigned This is here to stay so we might as well get used to it. Either way, the attitudes of straight Americans have changed and continue to change. From here on, it’s just a matter of putting out the lingering hot spots.

And lingering hot spots there will certainly be.

There is no foreseeable end to politicians, preachers and other demagogues fanning the dying flames. The thing in Indiana and similar states,

for instance, has been nothing but a maneuver to use the fears of straight people for political gain.

Increasingly, it is a failed tactic.

There is something in the debate that goes to a place more visceral than religion and politics: sex. As long as there are people who are uncomfortable with the sexual aspects of homosexuality, there will be measurable resistance to full equality for LGBT people.

I understand that, I share some of that discomfort. In that way, I am certainly like multiple millions of other Americans.

I don’t believe this is drawn between conservative and liberal, or even religious and secular. I suspect it is generational. Some of us have grown up and old with too many standard insults and ubiquitous curses, epithets and panics and whispers and crude stupid jokes as a cultural presence, to smoothly give the same consideration to LGBT sexuality as we do anyone else’s—that being: it’s none of our damn business.

Such an ingrained attitude might also explain why conservative religions are so unreasonably anti-gay, yet have no qualms about letting so many of those other Biblical injunctions slide into irrelevance. (After all, how many times have you called someone a rotten shellfish eater?)

Many of you will undoubtedly think that by admitting to what is seemingly an innate disposition, I am admitting to a prejudice, perhaps even bigotry. I would beg to differ. My understanding of bigotry and prejudice is that the damage they do comes more from action than attitude, and I have never—even decades before this column began—used my sexual identity against either an LGBT individual or the LGBT community.

Point of fact, I have supported LGBT equality even before we called it “LGBT equality,” even before the words “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender” made their way into common usage. Long before I had this platform from which to lend that support.

And there is a good, and hopefully helpful, reason I’m getting all confessional at this time: To assure others like me that we don’t have to like everything about people who have different habits than ours to accept them as true equals.

The realities that make us human extend far beyond our sexuality, and that if we were to start legislating based on proclivities and practices we find disagreeable, we’d all be in trouble.

This is one of those all-too-rare moments in the narrative of our nation when the right thing is coming to pass. And I promise you, it feels good to be on the right side of it—even if it takes seven years to remember to say so.

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OPINION CHELSEA MORNINGS And afternoon matinees JOHN REMBER Julie and I have rented a tiny flat in Chelsea, in the rainy and cold heart of London. It was advertised as a luxury flat, but so far most of the luxury has come in the form of the rent we’re paying and the wine department of the Sainsbury Local across the street from our building.

We have 215 square feet all to ourselves. We have a kitchen, a workable if slow washer and dryer, a functional shower and bath, and a history of getting along in the sort of close conditions that would create cabin fever in normal people.

We have been walking a great deal, and not only because we’ve been lost a great deal. Walking through London is a pleasure if you have the time and can remember to look both ways before crossing any street that might have a lorry coming down it. Due to a manufacturing error, the vehicles here have their steering wheels on the wrong side of the dashboard, and people have taken this to mean they should drive on the wrong sides of the streets. They sneak up on you from behind at crosswalks, even on one-lane roads.

For cross-town distances, we have purchased Tube passes. We’ve been so impressed by public transportation here that we think Boise should get something like it, perhaps a light-rail loop stretching from downtown to Eagle, Star and Caldwell, then to Nampa and Meridian and back to downtown. A subway system would be more expensive, but would also represent a chance to drain the vast lake of dry-cleaner fluid and leaked gasoline that floats above the Boise aquifer.

But London. There is a real danger, in London museums, of Renoir fatigue, or Van Gogh fatigue, or starting to confuse Monet and Manet and Man Ray, or worse, starting to not care whose is what. I’ve already gotten lost in the Tate, wandered through rooms a second time, and found out I missed a whole wall of Picassos.

Visiting the British Museum is like being locked inside a kaleidoscope. The plundered treasures of a hundred civilizations are in the building. It would take weeks to tour all the displays. We spent an hour in the enormous room that contains the Elgin Marbles, the sculptures formerly known as the Frieze of the Parthenon.

We became proficient at reading the subtexts of the interpretive signs on the walls next to the Marbles: Here are the cultural glories of Greece, which we British have preserved from the air pollution of Athens and the depredations of war. If not for us, they’d be gone now, and no, we’re not going to give them back.

We have seen carefully-preserved Assyrian basreliefs, remarkably similar to the ones destroyed

by Islamic State bulldozers earlier this year.

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display of beautiful Chinese porcelain notes, without apparent irony, that it was taken from the Chinese emperor’s palace during a battle between the French and British, and that while it is important that a nation’s cultural heritage be preserved, in war things are often stolen.

Last night we ate dinner in the tombstonefloored crypt of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, listening to a saxophone-organ-drums trio. We sat above Mary Molteno, the wife of Anthony Molteno of Pall Mall, who died Feb. 12, 1810, at age 52. It was hard not to wonder if she was resting in peace, especially when we livelier denizens of the crypt were up dancing to a hard funk version of the 1968 Classics IV hit, “Spooky.”

We have been to the theater five times so far.

I won’t bore you with blow-by-blow descriptions, except to note that we saw The Book of Mormon during a two-day layover in Chicago, and were surprised at its sweet and almost sappy message: that it’s far better to believe in some form of community, no matter how preposterous, than to fall into a savage and nihilistic individualism.

And I should probably say that Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem is a painful examination of the body-mind split through the eyes of a hedge-fund financier and a contemporary neuroscientist, neither of whom has a Mormon’s generosity when it comes to the idea of soul.

A favorite pub: The Prince Albert, at the edge of Battersea Park, within walking distance of our flat. It’s the sort of gentle and warm place you can go for a gentle and warm beer, served by a gentle and warm young woman who remembers you as the nice Americans in for steak-and-kidney pie last week. Not many tourists hang out in Battersea Park, which is small and surrounded by gardens, and has a Mr. Whippy ice cream truck for the children. In the ice cream queue, I wondered aloud if the slogan for Mr. Whippy shouldn’t be You Will Lick It and You Will Like It, and got a sour You’re-Not-a-Nice-American look from the not-so-gentle-and-warm young woman running the Super-Soft machine.

London exudes the delicate ambience of a potlatch. We’ve found it best to assume that the pounds we’re spending are dollars, and the beery pub dinners we’re buying are sumptuous multi-course repasts complete with fine Oregon pinot noirs. We buy cheap restricted-view theater tickets, and we probably won’t have afternoon tea at the Ritz Hotel (where we would probably get kicked out anyway for reenacting scenes from Young Frankenstein). But the time goes, and with it, our money, and in London, as in life, we are hoping that they run out more or less simultaneously.

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CITIZEN Do we have any sense of where that black market oil is going?

There’s some speculation that it’s being funneled through Turkey. But when you see a tanker-full, you really don’t know where all that oil came from. Indeed, some of it may be so-called “conflict oil.”

Let’s talk a bit about the huge swath of territory that ISIS controls in Iraq, Syria and Turkey. It’s the equivalent of a goodsized nation, maybe two or three.

To hold that much territory suggests that they’re very powerful. A trend in looking at civil wars and insurgencies is, if you want to act as if you’re a state, then you need to provide social services. They provide health care, schools, roads, electricity. The name Islamic State is not a misnomer.

Onlookers were sworn to secrecy on April 17 before hearing BBP’s plan for Idaho Gives.

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When Boise Bicycle Project unveiled its plan for this year’s Idaho Gives—a one-day statewide drive to raise funds for nonprofits, set for Thursday, May 7—it was “top-secret”: Nearly 100 supporters and volunteers were sworn to secrecy April 17 before they were privy to the plans.

“Repeat after me,” said BBP shop operations director Cass Jones. “No amount of torture, financial influence or sultry sirens will pry this secret from me.”

Only after repeating the oath were the special few invited into BBP’s cramped shop near Ann Morrison Park.

Once inside, executive director Jimmy Hallyburton revealed a laundry list of initiatives for May 7. The main goal: to turn Boise into “the bike capital of America.” Hallyburton and his staff lined up 24 events to be executed during the 24 hours of Idaho Gives.

The agenda for the day also includes helping the Ada County Highway District re-stripe bike lanes at the intersection of 36th Street and Hill Road; delivering more than 30 bikes to kids around the city; delivering food from Life’s Kitchen to families in need; installing a community bike repair spot at Camel’s Back Park with the help of Joyride Cycles and the Department of Parks and Recreation; putting together a room devoted to bicycles at the Modern Art at the Modern Hotel (also scheduled for May 7); and kicking off what it hopes will be a huge bike parade at Boise City Hall.

Most ambitious is BBP’s desiree to raise $50,000 this year—BBP raised $17,000 during Idaho Gives 2014. Hallyburton told Boise Weekly that with $50,000, BBP could lease a 5,000 square-foot warehouse directly behind the shop to use as a bike community center.

If the money is raised, BBP would hope to lease the warehouse by late summer and open it to the other bike organizations.

“Having these different groups working collectively in the same building would be groundbreaking for Boise,” Hallyburton said.

BBP is also encouraging cyclists to create a challenge video—reminiscent of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, minus the frigid water—in which they invite three people, by name, to ride their bikes on May 7, using the hashtag #carfreeforBBP. Now, the secret is out.

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DR. MICHAEL ALLEN ISIS: America’s next war GEORGE PRENTICE In anticipation of his Saturday, April 25 public presentation on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Boise Weekly sat down with Dr. Michael Allen to talk about the terrorist regime known as ISIS. Though our conversation with the Boise State University political scientist took place on a fine, almost serene, spring day half-a-world away from the corner of hell occupied by ISIS, the topic was still chilling.

Allen emphasized the science of political science. His long list of published works—impressive for a 32-year-old professor, author, husband and new father—on international politics is based on statistics and analyses of data sets. Allen conceded he is a “data nerd.”

“Absolutely. Almost everything I publish is based on statistical analyses,” Allen said.

“When the average person thinks about political science, they may picture someone talking about politics. But a lot of what I do is large statistical analysis. It’s a lot of math.”

Yet the topic of ISIS inspires multiple emotions, not the least of which are fear and/or hatred. It was a rare opportunity to have such a measured conversation with someone who probably knows more about ISIS than anyone else in the Treasure Valley, at least from a scholar’s perspective.

I think it’s fair to say that many of our questions regarding ISIS are going to include the word “why.”

In political science, we’re interested in causation. That’s the name of the game. You want to explain why particular things happen.

Isn’t it fair to say that ISIS wants to redraw the map of the world?

Fundamentally, all politics are about redistribution and ISIS disagrees with the current distribution of resources in Syria and other countries. Indeed, they’ve proclaimed a

worldwide caliphate where they are actively redrawing ISIS territories that don’t reflect traditional colonial borders. Yet, they’ve required traditional strategic resources, such as oil and water.

Let me pause you there. How significant are ISIS oil assets?

It’s estimated that they currently receive $1- to $3 million a day from selling oil on the black market. It’s also estimated that they have about $2 billion in assets. [NPR’s] Planet Money had a fascinating report on their black market oil. It’s very hard to track.

How does their extremism define who they really are?

There are usually four reasons why terrorists engage in terrorism: No. 1 is coercion or the threat of force; No. 2 is spoiling or derailing peace talks; No. 3 is provocation or using violence to get another party to overreact, and they’re certainly doing that; and No. 4 is outbidding, or being successful in competing with other extremists.

And how do we best measure their success in any of that?

Media coverage and/or recruitment.

To that end, Western media coverage of ISIS is considerable.

They’re quite savvy with social media and they certainly have a sense of how much they’re being covered by Western media. Look at how their escalated atrocities get so much free coverage. There was a very interesting report last month on [NPR’s] Radiolab. It turns out that during World War II, the Japanese floated balloons with bombs aboard across the Pacific to strike American cities. That terrorism was intended to terrorize the American public, but you never heard about it. Our government clamped down on the reporting about the balloons. You can’t have that in today’s world. There are no rules and everyone is a media source.

Well, you certainly access NPR-curated media. What other mainstream media do you pay attention to when it comes to ISIS? We don’t have cable TV at home. I grew up at a time of significant growth of the Internet. So, I’m on Reddit quite often. If I want a general political understanding of ISIS, I would probably go the Monkey Cage blog at Washingtonpost.com.

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CITIZEN Do you think that ISIS is being underestimated or even overestimated?

Given that we’re now involved in that conflict, we are certainly treating ISIS as a serious threat, but we keep hoping that regional forces will deal with ISIS so that we don’t have to.

The problem with wars like these is that they end by one side winning.

But is this conflict now at a stage where we have two sides: ISIS versus the global coalition against ISIS? Most of the Islamic world now thinks ISIS is wrong and their caliphate is illegitimate.

Let’s next consider ISIS’ particular brand of misogyny and cruelty.

Sexual violence is a tool of war to demoralize your enemy. And women are captured and used as rewards, almost as a reward, to some of their recruits.

What do you want to know about ISIS that you don’t know now?

I would be very interested to learn more about the levels of support that they’re gaining in places that they’ve taken over, but there’s not a lot of media that is present. They capture reporters, or kidnap them.

Or behead them.

That’s right. As a result, the reporting is pretty bad on how many people are actually dying at the hands of ISIS.

Much of my research includes analyses of something called asymmetric interaction, where you have one very powerful force versus another very weak force. In 400 B.C., Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian War, when the all-powerful Athens was up against a tiny colony of only a couple of hundred people. Athens said, “You either join us in an alliance, or we’re going to destroy your existence.” But the people of that tiny colony only hoped that the Gods would smile on them and implored Athens to be more just.

But Athens’ response was, “Justice doesn’t matter when the strong see what they want and the weak suffer what they must.”

So, are you saying that when we see ISIS up against Syria or Iraq, things may be more symmetrical, but when we see ISIS up against the United States, then we’re talking about that asymmetric interaction?

That’s right. Right now ISIS is considered to be pretty powerful versus only Syria or Iraq.

But there’s a huge asymmetry between the U.S. and ISIS. And, by most accounts, that appears to be the direction where all of this is heading.

Yes. Right now it is.

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How our country chooses to deal with ISIS is about to become a political football in the next 18 months. I can imagine To be clear, if a U.S.-led coalition wanted that we’ll be hearing a wide array of posto carpet bomb ISIS off the face of the sible solutions to ISIS from the presidenEarth right now, we could do that. We do tial candidates—everything from ignoring know exactly where they are. or walking away from the conflict to dropAbsolutely. But carpet ping a nuclear bomb on bombing is problemthem. atic. It’s indiscriminate Democrats will blame THE RISE OF ISIS violence.

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Your wife [Dr. Julie VanDusky-Allen] is also a professor here at Boise State, and You’re in a very unique position, because her expertise is politics. So, isn’t this our nation is in some desperate need where your work and her work intersect? of some really good scholarship on this I’m a lot less interested in domestic politics. topic, sooner rather than later, and this is Wars are easier to understand. your wheelhouse.

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THE SILENT PARTNER An (unsuccessful) attempt to find the eastern Idaho farm boy who became a contract ‘torturer’ Z ACH HAGADONE

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Bruce Jessen has been called a war criminal. A torturer. An “American Mengele.” The retired Air Force colonel and trained psychologist was, according to a 2014 report from the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, an architect of the “brutal,” “inherently unsustainable” and “deeply flawed” detainee interrogation program that “damaged the United States’ standing in the world” in the years following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

His alleged actions involved helping design—and in many cases personally administer—methods of interrogation that groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to Amnesty International and the United Nations have labeled as torture.

Those methods, according to the report, were applied in secret throughout the Central Intelligence Agency’s now infamous network of “black sites” where detainees were held without charges in “dungeon”-like conditions.

Jessen was not alone. Fellow retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and psychologist James Mitchell helped design, advise, apply and assess the program—operating in a system with almost no checks and which the CIA’s own attorneys admitted would require a “novel” legal defense “to avoid prosecution of U.S. officials who tortured to obtain information.”

While Mitchell has publicly pushed back against the report, calling it “bullshit” in a December 2014 interview with ABC News, Jessen has avoided speaking to the media—the silent partner in a global scandal that continues to strain foreign relations; inflame already-volatile cultural, political and military situations; and threaten the United States’ moral standing even after nearly 15 years of continuous war.

The contents of the almost 600 pages of the Senate report are as harrowing as they are detailed, except when it comes to the backgrounds of Jessen and Mitchell, referred to pseudonymously as Drs. Dunbar and Swigert, respectively.

Their true names weren’t known until a 2007 Vanity Fair report, which presaged much of what would come to light in the 2014 Senate report. Eight years later, as HBO has optioned the rights for an original film based on the article, “Rorschach and Awe,” Mitchell is less mysterious but Jessen remains an enigma.

His road to the secret prisons of Afghanistan, Thailand and Poland, however, began in eastern Idaho—literally, on Highway 20, in a small town at the foot of the Teton Mountains.

‘NOT MUCH OF A TALKER’ As Highway 20 runs north from Idaho Falls, the suburbs give way to run-down trackside buildings. Trash-strewn ditches and fields of cattle are interrupted by lonely monochromatic housing developments. Billboards advertise Internet service and professional-technical degrees, and protest against wind power and same-sex marriage.

The road narrows north of St. Anthony, with the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River running to the west and the Tetons rising hazyblue on the eastern horizon. A few miles farther, at the gateway to the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and West Yellowstone, Mont., is the town of Ashton—set in a wide, flat valley punctuated by a cluster of grain silos.

At the base of the silos is Chriswell’s Trails Inn, a popular restaurant filled with wood paneling, taxidermy animals, and historic photos and newspaper clippings. One of the article includes Warren and George Cordingley, the great-uncle and grandfather, respectively, of Bruce Jessen—the famous son of Ashton whom almost no one seems to have known.

Main Street in Ashton is a collection of mom-and-pop shops—an auto parts store, hardware store, liquor store, senior recreation center, two bars and three churches. A two-story brick building, which houses a ground floor flea mart, dates from 1907—a year after Ashton was founded.

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Trucks rumble by almost constantly, carrying grain and seed potatoes to the silos that dominate the west side of town. Glance down the side streets from Main and the residential neighborhoods quickly give way to fields.

Dog sledding used to be a major attraction in Ashton, dating back to the 1920s, when it became popular out of necessity—at one time it was the only way to get mail into Island Park. As a source of entertainment, it was the biggest thing going in the winter with an annual race.

“It was a really big deal in the day,” said Barbara Moon, who works part-time as Ashton’s archivist. She added that more than a thousand people would gather in town to participate and spectate.

“It’s not the big race that it once was,” she said.

It is off-season in Ashton. Springtime is blustery and cold, and potatoes are more plentiful than people.

“It’s time to plant the silly things again,” Moon said. “It used to take the whole town [to plant and harvest], but not anymore.”

The Jessens were a potato family. Jessen’s father, Jack, who worked their land south of town.

“He was a wonderful man, but not much of a talker,” Moon said. It was Nieca, Jessen’s mother, who was the family’s social link.

“She loved people, loved talking to them,” Moon said.

Bruce, meanwhile, was quiet, like his father.

“To say I know him—no, I really didn’t,” Moon said, navigat-

ing the stacks of yearbooks, family histories and mountains of newspaper clippings in the small archive office located in the chamber.

“I went to a party once [at the Jessen farm] and talked with him and his wife and met his children, but that was it,” she added.

Asked if she had heard of the Senate report or read any coverage of its revelations about Jessen’s work with the CIA, she said she “had not.”

“I didn’t even know about that,” she said, though added that she was aware Jessen worked for the government in some capacity in Spokane, Wash.

Moon has lived in Ashton for 50 years—long enough to know just about everyone in town but, because she wasn’t born there, she gets teased occasionally that she’s not a native.

“Like all small towns it has its good sides and its bad sides, but it’s a wonderful place to raise a family,” she said.

Jessen’s family goes back a long way in the Ashton area. His mother was born in nearby Marysville to the Cordingley family, whose members to this day are “everywhere,” Moon said.

“You have to be careful what you say around here,” she added, “because everybody knows everybody.”

Of Jessen, Moon could only repeat that she didn’t know him well, though she did add that one of his two sisters is among her best friends.

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getting the same physiologic response from him.” Nonetheless, At the end of his August 2002 interrogation, Zubaydah was the enhanced techniques were continued, with Zubaydah being found to have been telling the truth that he had no new threat waterboarded two to four times per day for more than two weeks information. Meanwhile, he had lost an eye at some point during in what the report called the “aggressive phase of interrogation.” his detention and several video recordings of his interrogation During that time—a total of 20 days—Zubaydah spent 11 days were destroyed. He was waterboarded 83 times. in the coffin-size confinement box and 29 hours in a smaller box, Zubaydah is currently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, which measured 21 inches wide, 2.5 feet deep and 2.5 feet high.

Cuba—a prisoner held without charges for more than 12 years.

According to the report, Zubaydah was told that the only way he According to the report, Zubaydah would never have been an would leave the facility was in the coffin-shaped box. especially valuable source for information—despite the CIA’s beWhen concerns reached CIA Headquarters that the interrogalief that he was the “third or fourth” highest ranking al Qaeda, he tion was “approach[ing] the legal limit,” Counterterrorism Center turned out to be a low-level administrator. What little intelligence Chief Jose Rodriguez responded by telling was gathered from Zubaydah came in the two CIA officers not to question the legality of months before Jessen and Mitchell arrived their activities in written communications. with their techniques.

“Such language is not helpful,” he wrote.

Nonetheless, in a cable written by Jessen Meanwhile, the report shows that Zubaydand Mitchell, the interrogation was seen as ah was “compliant.” According to a CIA cable a success, with the “aggressive phase” of the quoted in the report, “when the interrogator questioning recommended as a “template for ‘raised his eyebrow, without instructions,’ future interrogation of high value captives.”

Abu Zubaydah ‘slowly walked on his own Their reasoning was not that the tactics to the water table and sat down.’ When the produced useful information, but that they ‘SOMETHING NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN’ interrogator ‘snapped his fingers twice,’ Abu confirmed what Zubaydah didn’t know.

Zubaydah would lie flat on the waterboard.”

“Our goal was to reach the stage where In August 2002, Jessen was a long way from Ashton. By that Other times, Zubaydah was “hysterical” and we have broken any will or ability of subject time, he and Mitchell had secured a contract with the CIA that “distressed to the level that he was unable to to resist or deny providing us information would come to be worth upwards of $180 million by 2006. Their effectively communicate.” (intelligence) to which we had access,” Jesjob: travel through the agency’s prison system to help coordinate According to the Senate report, several sen and Mitchell wrote. “We additionally the application of “enhanced interrogation techniques” that they members of the agency exposed to—or insought to bring subject to the point that we developed based on their work as former training experts in the volved in—the tactics expressed “reservations confidently assess that he does not/not [sic] SERE program—short for Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape. Inabout being engaged in the interrogations.” possess undisclosed threat information, or tended to train United States military personnel how to withstand Jessen’s senior portrait from North Fremont Emails excerpted in the report, dated intelligence that could prevent a terrorist harsh interrogation at the hands of unscrupulous enemies, Jessen High School, class of 1967.

August 2002, show a deep unease about event.” and Mitchell had reportedly “reverse-engineered” the techniques viewing the interrogations—both in person to craft what has been referred to as the U.S. “torture program.” and on video: At a CIA black site in 2002, which was later reported to be ‘HE ARGUED HIGH, HE ARGUED LOW’ “Want to caution [medical officer] that this is almost certainly located in northeast Poland, Jessen and Mitchell were preparnot a place he’s ever been before in his medical career… It is visuing for the biggest test of their methods yet. Abu Zubaydah had In mid-April snow still lay in the playground next door to the ally and psychologically very uncomfortable.” been captured in Pakistan in March 2002 and was being held on Zion Lutheran Church in Ashton. Across the street is the Ashton “Today’s first session … had a profound suspicion of running an al Qaeda site there.

Library, which, along with North Fremont High School and the effect on all staff members present … it According to the Senate report, Zubaydah Mormon church a few hundred yards down Main Street, is the seems the collective opinion that we should had been held in isolation for a total of 47 nicest building in town. not go much further.” days through much of June and July 2002, It was also the busiest place in town on a recent Monday “Several on the team profoundly affected without being asked any questions. When morning, as an exercise class took place in an attached gymna… some to the point of tears and choking enhanced techniques—including the now sium. A song by Adele echoed loudly down the hall. up.” well-known practice of simulated drowning The librarians were friendly, pointing out the reference sec“Two, perhaps three [personnel] likely to called waterboarding—were approved for use tion where various Ashton historical records are kept. Among elect transfer [away from the detention site on Zubaydah, only Jessen and Mitchell were them, a two-volume collection titled Ashton Family Histoif enhanced interrogation techniques were to have contact with him. ries, 1906-2006 and a stack of North Fremont High School continued].”

Based on the plan developed by Jessen yearbooks. Between those sources, a basic picture of the Jessen ‘[Video footage] has produced strong feeland Mitchell, Zubaydah was subjected to family begins to take shape. ings of futility (and legality) of escalating or enhanced interrogation techniques on a It is clear that the Jessens remain well known in the Ashton even maintaining the pressure. … Prepare for “near 24-hour-per-day basis” for 17 straight area—they are profiled on 11 pages in Ashton Family Histories, not something not previously seen.” days, according to the report. He was shackcounting extended relations. When asked about the family, the Reporting from the detention sites led, hooded and stripped on the first day of librarians were quick to name several members, including Jessen’s became “thinner”—enough so that the CIA interrogations, as an interrogator slammed sisters—going so far as to dig out a phone book and start finding general counsel was concerned that without him against a wall. He was unhooded and phone numbers. When the subject of Bruce Jessen came up, they, more frequent and detailed reports “the made to watch as interrogators brought in like Moon, said they didn’t know him well. agency cannot monitor the situation.” a large “confinement box” that was placed John “Bruce” Jessen was born July 28, 1949 in St. Anthony, The situation was, according to some, in his cell to mimic a coffin. If Zubaydah Idaho, the youngest of three children in the family of John “Jack” Bruce Jessen as a halfback for North Fremont running off the rails. did not offer the asked-for information, he Jessen and Nieca Cordingley Jessen. He grew up in Ashton, High School during his senior year.

Among the most reported features was slapped or grabbed by the face. where, according to an entry in Ashton Family Histories, his family of the interrogations has been the use of His first waterboarding resulted in could trace a “history of early settlement” and count “six genera“rectal rehydration,” “rectal feeding” and other invasive practices coughing, vomiting and “involuntary spasms of the torso and tions of childhood.” involving the rectum. According to the report, at least five extremities.” He maintained that he did not have any additional The Jessens were an active, prominent Mormon family in the detainees were subjected to having liquids—whether water or information, and Jessen and Mitchell were not authorized by CIA community. Aside from working as a farmer, Jack was pureed food—injected into their rectums, including Zubaydah. leadership to ask any questions other than to demand Zubaydah’s a member of the volunteer fire department and served At least once, according to the report, he was also the subject knowledge of plans to attack the United States. on the Potato Board. Nieca worked at a variety store in 10 of an “unexpected rectal exam” as part of the detention site’s According to the report, this “frustrated” Jessen and Mitchell, Ashton, was assistant manager of an irrigation company, security protocols. as “they kept beating Zubaydah up on the same question while served as president of the local LDS relief society and “What little I knew of him, I thought he was nice,” Moon said.

“And quiet is right. Very intelligent.”

According to Moon, the Jessens were a tight-knit family and Bruce was especially close with his adopted brother, who recently passed away. The Jessens took in the boy when he was about 8 years old. He and Bruce were close in age, graduating from high school in the same class.

Inviting another child into her family was in line with Nieca’s personality, Moon said.

“Nieca was that kind of person,” she said, adding that each spring the matriarch would host a party for the senior high-school girls “just because she wanted to.” Another yearly party would be thrown for Sunday school teenagers.

“Everybody in the town was there,” Moon said. “Everybody loved her in town.”

For Bruce, active in high-school sports, intelligent and goodlooking, Ashton probably started to feel too small.

“He had to work; dig potatoes and plow—I know he did that,” Moon said. “No wonder he wanted to go do something else.”

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taught Sunday school. She volunteered with the Ashton Ashton in Rexburg, going on to graduated cum laude from Utah Chamber of Commerce and served a term as president.

State University in 1974, where he majored in psychology with Both Jack and Nieca officiated at the Idaho Falls LDS a minor in aerospace studies and Italian. He went on to earn his Temple for 23 years. doctorate in psychology, with an emphasis in professional-scientifJessen spent his childhood on a century-plus-year-old ic psychology, from USU in 1979. homestead that the family bought two-and-a-half miles southwest During that time he was enlisted in the Air Force and comof Ashton on Highway 20. pleted an internship in clinical psychology at Wilford Hall MediAffectionately called “the farm” by family and friends alike, cal Center in San Antonio, Texas. the Jessens raised their children in an Jessen’s doctoral thesis—approved idyllic rural setting. Photos in Ashton for public release by the Air Force Family Histories show a rolling lawn and Institute of Technology at Wrightorchards. In later years, a small bridge Patterson Air Force Base in 1980—was was built over the property’s canal and titled “The Effect of Family Sculpting a playhouse and trampoline were set up on Perceptual Agreement Among for the grandchildren and great-grandFamily Members” and focused on a children. One photo shows a smiling technique for family therapy.

Nieca seated on a golf cart, ferrying Again, his early interests seem to around a passel of kids. run toward the shaping of people— Nieca described her home as “this this time literally. beautiful little valley in Ashton, Idaho. To In his study, Jessen brought tothe East lies the majestic Teton Moungether 30 families from northern Utah tains. To the North the Snake River, and and eastern Idaho who were asked to the beautiful forest with pines, aspen and sculpt representations of themselves mountain ash trees. To the West, the rolland arrange them in tableaux’s showing sand hills, and the South, on to the ing how they viewed their interperbig city. It is no wonder they settled here sonal relationships. The purpose of the in this little valley in the 1800s.” exercise was to explore how parents In the 1980s, the Jessens sold the and children saw themselves in farm and turned it into an R.V. park relation to one another and improve and bed and breakfast, which became communication. a family gathering place and stopping Of the six USU faculty members After high school, Jessen went on to then-Rick’s College in point for tourists on their way to Yelwho advised Jessen on his disRexburg and finished with a Ph.D. from Utah State University. lowstone and the ski resorts of western sertation, only two are still living.

Wyoming. Nieca ran the park until her Asked if she remembered Jessen as a death in 2013, and it is now operated student, Dr. Jean Pugmire, who still under a new name by new owners, though a roadside sign still lives in Logan, Utah, said, “No, I really don’t.” bears the name “Jessen’s R.V. Park.” (A call to the current owners “I think you’ll find that most of the people that would have went unanswered.) been involved with him are dead,” she said. “I’m sorry, but I don’t Jessen attended elementary school in Ashton and graduremember him at all.” ated from North Fremont High School in 1967, where he was involved in a range of activities: four years in the North Fremont ‘THE AGENCY ERRED’ Club, four years in the ski club, two years in band, one year in assemblies, four years in Boys’ State, one year in baseball, four years Only one detainee is known to have died while in custody at in football, one year in basketball, three years in track and two any of the CIA’s secret prisons, and he died shortly after being years in wrestling with the North Fremont Matmen. interrogated by Jessen.

Photographs in his senior yearbook show a handsome, athletic Gul Rahman was an Afghani arrested by U.S. agents and kid. In one snapshot he flexes for the camera in a football jersey; Pakistani forces during an attack inside Pakistan. His capture took in another, he confidently sits with fellow officers of a school club, place on Oct. 29, 2002. Less than a month later he was found a large ring on his right hand. In the ski club group photo, he is dead at the notorious “Salt Pit” detention site in Kabul, Afghanithe only student wearing a hat—which bizarrely appears to be a stan—stripped from the waist down and shackled to a wall in German military helmet. such a way that he would be forced to sit on the concrete floor in The quote below his senior portrait reads “He argued high, he freezing conditions. argued low, he also agrued [sic] about him,” a line taken—apparJessen personally interrogated Rahman days before he was ently—from the short poem “Sir Macklin,” by W.S. Gilbert from found dead, on Nov. 20, 2002, using methods that were not his Fifty ‘Bab’ Ballads, published in 1889. authorized, according to the Senate report. Jessen had traveled Considering his future career path, the poem is oddly apto the Salt Pit at the request of the CIA’s ALEC Station—which propriate. was tasked with locating Osama bin Laden—where he deterSir Macklin, a hard-nosed priest, descends on a group of mined the types of interrogation techniques that should be used youths lounging in a park and harangues them for their idleness against Rahman. and not observing the Sabbath. During the impromptu sermon, According to the report, those techniques included the “insult” Macklin argues high, argues low and also argues about him so slap, auditory overload, total darkness, isolation, cold showers, 48 long that the boys fall asleep. Seeing their heads resting on their hours of sleep deprivation and “hard” or “rough” takedowns, in chests, Macklin assumes they are bowed with guilt and begins to which CIA officers would burst into Rahman’s cell “screaming and dance. As he celebrates his victory over the sinners, the bishop yelling at him to ‘get down.’” He would then be dragged outside walks by and, seeing the priest dancing and his “congregation” where his clothes were cut off. Restrained with Mylar tape and asleep, drags him away. wearing a hood, Rahman would be forced to run up and down After high school Jessen attended then-Ricks College, now a long hallway, with CIA personnel slapping and punching him Brigham Young University-Idaho, a few miles down the road from along the way.

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Jessen reportedly told CIA officials during an investigation into Rahman’s death that “although it was obvious [the CIA officers] were not trying to hit him as hard as they could, a couple of times the punches were forceful. As they ran him along the corridor, a couple of times he fell and they dragged him through the dirt. …

Rahman did acquire a number of abrasions on his face, legs and hands, but nothing that required medical attention.”

When Rahman’s body was discovered, he was found to have abrasions on his shoulder, pelvis, arms, legs and face. A CIA autopsy report said his cause of death was “undetermined,” but the Senate report notes that the “clinical impression” of the medical officer who performed the autopsy was that Rahman died of hypothermia.

His death ushered in a phase of increased scrutiny of the detention and interrogation activities from CIA Headquarters, but, the report notes, “many of the same individuals within the CIA—including [Jessen], officers at Detention Site Cobalt [the Salt Pit] and officers within ALEC Station who had recommended the use of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques against Gul Rahman—remained key figures in the CIA interrogation program and received no reprimand or sanction for Rahman’s death.”

What’s more, the CIA officer who ordered Rahman to be stripped and chained was given a $2,500 bonus for “consistently superior work.” In 2005—three years after Rahman’s death—the CIA considered imposing a 10-day suspension without pay on the officer but in 2006, CIA Executive Director K.B. Foggo notified the officer that no disciplinary actions would be taken against him.

“While not condoning your actions, it is imperative, in my view, that they … be judged within the operational context that existed at the time of Rahman’s detention,” Foggo wrote in a memo.

In the meantime, in 2005, Jessen and Mitchell established their firm—Mitchell, Jessen & Associates—in Spokane, which from 2005-2009 was paid $81 million for its services. Prior to 2005, the pair was being paid a reported $1,800 per day.

In 2013—more than a decade after Rahman’s death—the CIA issued a response to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as part of a report on the rendition, detention and interrogation program: “We acknowledge that the Agency erred in permitting the contractors [Jessen and Mitchell] to assess the effectiveness of enhanced techniques. They should not have been considered for such a role given their financial interest in continued contracts from CIA.”

‘UNCHARTED TERRITORY’ With a freshly minted doctorate from Utah State University, Jessen went to work in the SERE program, helping train airmen to “survive, evade, resist and escape” the inhumane interrogation methods used by Cold War-era Communist countries, as well as enemies who could not be expected to abide by the Geneva Conventions. These methods, according to a senior CIA interrogator quoted in the Senate report, amounted to “physical torture” intended to supply “confessions for propaganda purposes.”

The first Air Force program for what would come to be called SERE training was established in Spokane in 1961, after senior military leaders determined that U.S. soldiers needed better tools to prepare them for harsh treatment at the hands of enemies such as North Korea. During the Vietnam War, SERE was further developed with the help of POWs who relayed their experiences with North Vietnamese interrogators. By 1980—around the time Jessen was working as an “operational psychologist” with the Air Force—SERE curriculum had become standardized across all the branches of the military.

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series of sessions, trainees are taught the academics of survival “Neither psychologist had any experience as an interrogator, and evasion skills, then taken into the field to learn land naviganor did either have specialized knowledge of al-Qa’ida, a backtion, techniques for finding potable water, how to hunt and trap ground in counterterrorism, or any relevant cultural or linguistic small animals, build shelters and identify edible plants. During expertise,” the report noted. the field portion of the program, soldiers experience all the Jessen’s resume, which he submitted to the CIA in 2003, conhardships of subsistence living: tained redacted examples of his role hunger, cold, fatigue, fear and as a “debriefer” as well as details of discouragement. The final phase a one-week Defense Interrogation of the training includes setting Course in 2002. He and Mitchell trainees loose in the field to evade had drafted academic and research searchers. Once captured, they papers on various psychological are imprisoned in a mock POW aspects of interrogation as they camp where they are subjected to related to the Air Force’s SERE proeven harsher conditions, including gram, “all of which were relevant to verbal abuse, sexual humiliation, the development of the program,” painful “stress” positions and, in according to a 2013 response to the some cases, waterboarding. investigation by the CIA. Jessen was stationed at more “Drs. [Mitchell] and [Jessen] than one training facility, includhad the closest proximate expering Fort Bragg, in North Carotise CIA sought at the beginning lina, but primarily at Fairchild of the program, specifically in Air Force Base in Spokane, where the area of non-standard means he and Mitchell were colleagues. of interrogation,” the CIA wrote.

According to the Senate report, “Experts on traditional interMain Street in Ashton, where traffic in the springtime centers on trucks carrying seed potatoes for planting. the pair would go on to develop rogation methods did not meet “theories of interrogation based this requirement. Non-standard on ‘learned helplessness,’” drawn interrogation methodologies were from their experiences with SERE. not an area of expertise of CIA officers or of the U.S. Government That wouldn’t be enough reason to put them in charge of the generally. We believe their expertise was so unique that we would U.S. interrogation program, according to the Senate’s findings. have been derelict had we not sought them out when it became

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clear that CIA would be heading into the uncharted territory of the program [italics and emphasis in original].”

Speaking to Charlie Rose on Dec. 15, 2014, shortly after the release of the Senate investigation, former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell pushed back against the assertion that Jessen and Mitchell were unqualified.

“These two contractors, who by the way the Senate committee said have no experience as interrogators—absolutely true. But they have a lot of experience with interrogation,” he said. “These two guys worked for the U.S. military and they were training, for years, U.S. soldiers how to resist these techniques. That was their job, for years, their company trained U.S. soldiers how to resist waterboarding. And what they saw in the training of U.S. soldiers was that these techniques worked. So that’s why they suggested them to the CIA.” In his first-ever on-camera interview, which Vice News posted to YouTube on Dec. 10, 2014, Mitchell called the idea that he and Jessen “reverse-engineered” SERE into a torture program a “myth” but, citing a nondisclosure agreement, wouldn’t go into detail on the origins of the program, his role in it or even whether he was the psychologist referred to in the Senate report as “Dr. Swigert.”

Meanwhile, he told The New York Times in December 2014 that he was “just a cog in the machine.”

“The idea that I was managing things and running things is not true,” he told the paper.

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hanced interrogation techniques on al-Nashiri even though he had “It’s almost like a good cop/bad cop kid of set up, you is a conflict of responsibility. We note that [the proposed plan] no training in interrogation and was said to be “too confident, had know, with a really bad cop,” he said. “It was to facilitate contains a psychological interrogation assessment by [redacted] 11 a temper, and had some security issues,” according to colleagues. getting actionable intelligence by making a bad cop that psychologist [Jessen] which is to be carried out by interrogator With the go-ahead from the detention site chief of base, the ofwas bad enough that the person would engage with the [Jessen]. We have a problem with him conducting both roles ficer violated policy by forcing al-Nashiri to stand with his hands good cop.” simultaneously.” “affixed over his head” for more than Mitchell said it’s not true that he CIA Headquarters ignored the chief interrogators’ cable and two days and, blindfolding him, held and Jessen “showed up at the gates” went forward with Jessen’s plan for al-Nashiri, which included an air pistol near his head and “operof the CIA with a plan to interrogate shaving him, removing his clothing and forcing him into a “standated a cordless drill near al-Nashiri’s terrorists. Rather, post-9/11, “we all ing sleep deprivation position with his arms affixed over his head.” body.” He was also slapped, had cigar wanted to be part of the solution,” he Between June 2003 and September 2006, al-Nashiri was smoke blown in his face, given a bath told Vice. moved to five different CIA sites around the world and diagnosed with a stiff brush and told that his “So I was willing to help any way I by some CIA psychologists with anxiety and major depressive dismother would be brought to the site could,” he added, through tears. order. According to the report, he was belligerent and uncooperaand sexually abused. At one point, a While Mitchell has been public tive, at one point embarking on a hunger strike that “resulted in medical officer was concerned that with his attacks on the Senate report, the CIA force feeding him rectally.” al-Nashiri’s shoulders had been disloJessen has kept a low profile, refusing In 2004 Jessen and another interrogator wrote in a report that cated. At no time during or after the to speak with reporters other than real-Nashiri had given “essentially no actionable information.” enhanced interrogation did al-Nashiri peat, as he did to Reuters news service, deliver any new threat information. that “It’s a difficult position to be in.

‘NO COMMENT’ According to the report, the You want to set the record straight.” detention site chief of base authorized A call to Jessen’s Spokane phone Before the CIA’s detention and interrogation program was the unapproved techniques because number went unanswered, but, in “effectively ended” in 2006—and the contract with Mitchell, he was under heavy pressure from the days after the release of the Senate Jessen & Associates was canceled in 2009—the psychologists were headquarters to uncover information report, staff writer Jacob Jones, of involved in several interrogations of other high-profile detainees, from al-Nashiri. In January 2003, the Spokane-based Pacific Northwest including alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who about three months into al-Nashiri’s Inlander alt-weekly newspaper, conwas waterboarded a reported 183 times in 2003. interrogation, Jessen was called in to fronted Jessen outside his $1.2 million Along with finding that psychologists helped inflict “immeaassess whether al-Nashiri could withhome south of Spokane. surable damage to the United States’ public standing, as well as stand any more interrogation and, if “There’s a lot going on,” he told to the United States’ longstanding global leadership on human so, give recommendations on what Jones. “It’s a difficult position to rights in general and the prevention of torture in particular,” the techniques should be used on him. be in.”

Senate report called into question the fruits of their interrogations.

Jessen’s recommendation was Jessen wouldn’t go into detail The CIA “never conducted a credible, comprehensive analysis of Jessen in what appears to be a German-style military helmet. that interrogators would have the about the contents of the report, also the effectiveness” of the enhanced techniques, the report stated. “latitude to use the full range of citing a nondisclosure agreement, What’s more, almost no one involved in the interrogations was enhanced exploitation and interrogabut told Jones that media reports had ever “held accountable or removed from positions of responsibiltion measures.” That included waterboarding, but it would require contained “distortions.” He noted a “No Trespassing” sign and ity,” despite “significant violations, inappropriate activities, and the assistance of Mitchell. told the reporter, “You know, they didn’t prosecute Zimmerman.” systematic and individual management failures.”

It was at that point, with Jessen primed to resume interroga“In hindsight, this seems like a clear reference to the legality of Dating back at least to 2009, with the release of memos tions of al-Nashiri, that the CIA chief interrogator aired his intendeadly force in so-called ‘stand your ground’ situations,” Jacobs detailing the interrogation program, The American Psychological tions to “get the hell off the train.” wrote. “So that’s where his mind went.”

Association has repeatedly issued statements condemning both To CIA Headquarters, the chief of interrogators wrote a cable Jessen and Mitchell, though neither are members of the organizaintended to be shared among officers at ‘WHERE HIS MIND WENT’ Detention Site Blue—however, according to the Senate report, it does not appear to “This is a train wreak [sic] waiting to happen and I intend to According to then-CIA Director Michael Hayden, speaking before the Senate Intelhave been disseminated. get the hell off the train before it happens.” ligence Committee in 2007, “We had one very high value detainee [in 2002], Abu “[W]e have serious reservations with Those words were written by the CIA’s chief of interrogations Zubaydah. We knew he knew a lot. He would not talk. We were going nowhere with the continued use of enhanced techniques in a 2003 email to colleagues, announcing he would be “retiring him. The decision was made, we’ve got to do something.” with [al-Nashiri] and its long term impact shortly,” before Jessen could reportedly renew interrogation of The 2014 Senate report called foul on Hayden’s statement. on him,” he wrote, adding that it was also Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, one of the alleged plotters in the bombBefore he was captured, Zubaydah was believed by the CIA to be the “third or the opinion of the chief of the Rendiing of the U.S.S. Cole and East African U.S. Embassy in 1998. fourth” highest ranking al Qaeda leader. In reality, he was a low level administrator. tions and Detainees Group, responsible By then, al-Nashiri had been in U.S. custody for about a year, According to the report: “This information was based on single-source reporting for secretly ferrying prisoners to the CIA’s bounced from CIA black site Cobalt in Afghanistan to Detention that was retracted in July 2002—prior to Abu Zubaydah being subjected to the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques. Other intelligence in CIA databases indicated detention sites, that “continued enhanced Site Green and, finally, Detention Site Blue—secret facilities later that Abu Zubaydah was not a senior member of al-Qa’ida, but assisted al-Qa’ida methods may push [al-Nashiri] over the identified as being located in Kabul; Udon Thani, Thailand; and members in acquiring false passports and other travel documents. Still other edge psychologically.”

Szymany, Poland, respectively. reporting indicated that, while Abu Zubaydah served as an administrator at terrorist The chief of interrogations was conIn Thailand and Poland, al-Nashiri had been subjected to camps, he was not the central figure at these camps.” cerned about Jessen’s role, specifically: not waterboarding and was judged “compliant” by interrogators. AcA total of 766 intelligence reports were produced from information gathered from only was he administering the interrogacording to records cited in the Senate report, he was judged to be Zubaydah, focused on “al-Qa’ida activities, plans, capabilities and relationships,” as tion, but assessing its success. offering “logical and rational explanations” to questions, but CIA well as its “leadership structure, including personalities, decision-making processes, “The role of the ops psychologist is Headquarters pushed for continued use of enhanced techniques training and tactics.” to be a detached observer and serve as a despite a recommendation that they be discontinued.

CIA records indicate that 34 percent of detainees produced no intelligence check on the interrogator to prevent the “[The] bottom line is that we think [al-Nashiri] is being reports and nearly 70 percent produced fewer than 15 intelligence reports. Of the interrogator from any unintentional excess cooperative, and if subjected to indiscriminate and prolonged en39 detainees who were reportedly subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques, of pressure which might cause permahanced measures, there is a good chance he will either fold up and nearly 20 percent produced no intelligence reports, while 40 percent produced nent psychological harm to the subject,” cease cooperation, or suffer the sort of permanent mental harm fewer than 15 intelligence reports—far lower than Hayden’s testimony that, beginthe chief interrogator wrote. “Therefore, prohibited by the statute,” interrogators wrote in a cable from the ning in the summer of 2002, information gathered from all 97 detainees resulted in the medical officer and the psychologist detention site.

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Mitchell’s license to practice psychology in Texas has been tion and its own role in facilitating the establishment of enhanced challenged dating back to June 2010, but the Texas State Board of interrogation methods has been called into question.

Examiners of Psychologists dismissed the complaint.

“If the allegations are true, what this pair did was pervert Jessen was appointed in 2012 to serve as bishop of a Mormon psychological science to break down and dehumanize detainees in a congregation in Spokane, but resigned shortly thereafter amid misguided effort to extract information. It is clear to me that their protests from human rights groups. actions constituted torture,” 2014 APA President Nadine Kaslow At the time, Spokane Stake President James Lee, who proposed wrote in a statement issued Dec. 23, 2014.

Jessen for the office, stood by As recently as Feb. 18, 2015, him.

Jessen held a current, though inac“He’ll take a beating in the tive, license to practice psychology press before he sets the record in Idaho. Though not due to expire straight,” he told the Spokesmanuntil July 28, 2015, a check of the Review, which has routinely Idaho Bureau of Occupational reported on Jessen since his Licenses in early April showed that identity was revealed. “The whole his licensure—formerly PSY-195— story has not been told.” had disappeared. It is still unclear Meanwhile, calls for accounton what grounds Jessen is no longer ability have come from around licensed in the state. the world, including Amnesty “I do not have any other International, which advocated information regarding Dr. Jessen in December 2014 for “a full other than he is not currently investigation, prosecution and licensed under the Board of remedy for victims,” and the Psychological Examiners, thereUnder new ownership, the former Jessen R.V. park still bears the name.

United Nations. fore he will not appear on our “It is now time to take website,” Bureau of Occupational action,” stated Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on counterLicenses Management Assistant Cherie Simpson wrote in an email. terrorism and human rights, in a statement issued in Geneva folAccording to Idaho Statute, a psychologist’s license may be lowing release of the Senate report. “The individuals responsible for “revoked, suspended, restricted or otherwise disciplined” if the holder is “Found by the board to have been unethical as detailed by the criminal conspiracy revealed in today’s report must be brought the current, and future amended, ethical standards of the American to justice, and must face criminal penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes.”

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The U.S. Justice Department has already said it does not plan to pursue charges against those named in the report, which notes that preemptive protections from legal fallout came as early as 2002, when the CIA drafted a letter to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft asking the DOJ for “a formal declination of prosecution, in advance, for any employees of the United States, as well as any other personnel acting on behalf of the United States, who may employ methods in the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah that otherwise might subject those individuals to prosecution.” The report mentions that there are no records indicating whether the letter was ever actually sent to the attorney general.

Asked if it had a stance on the APA’s statements regarding the allegations against Jessen, the Idaho Psychological Association drew a blank.

“We haven’t been involved in any of that and his name does not ring a bell for me,” said IPA Executive Director Deborah Katz.

That appears to be the case with Bruce Jessen, generally: referred to as “Dr. Dunbar” in the Senate report, holder of a vanished Idaho psychology license, living quietly in a rural mansion in Eastern Washington and part of a small-town family that everyone—from the local librarians to the city archivist—seems to know, except for him.

Asked to respond to the report and give some insight into their brother, one of Jessen’s sisters did not respond; the other, reached by phone at her home, was quick to answer.

“I have no comment.”

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 Festivals & Events DCI COLLEGE NIGHT: 45 YEARS OF EARTH DAY— Beer, food trucks and the chance to win prizes. 6-9 p.m. $5$7. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895.

EARTH DAY: GREAT GRAY OWLS—Celebrate Earth Day with local author and naturalist Leon Powers, who will share his expertise on this elusive and rare Idaho bird of prey. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, leonpowers.com/doc-hawk.

FOOTHILLS LEARNING CENTER EARTH DAY/ANNIVERSARY PARTY—Celebrate 10 years of environmental education programs in Boise at the Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center.

6-8 p.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills

Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-514-3755, boiseenvironmentaleducation.org.

Art ALBERTSONS LIBRARY 50TH ANNIVERSARY JURIED ART EXHIBITION—Through May 3. FREE. Albertsons Library, 1910 University Dr., Boise, 208-426-1204, library. boisestate.edu.

GROWING UP GREEN UPCYCLING AND RECYCLING EVENT— Enjoy eco-friendly activities. Noon-4 p.m. FREE. Whole Foods Market, 401 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208287-4600, wholefoodsmarket/ stores/boise.

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On Stage THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL—8 p.m. $26-$32. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

KEVIN CARROLL UKULELE CONCERT—Carroll’s music is outside of the expectations for ukulele. 9 p.m. $10. Audio Lab, 3145 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-344-9551, kevincarroll.net/workshops.

IDAHO THEATER FOR YOUTH: MAGGIE LUMIÈRE AND THE GHOST TRAIN—Suitable for children 5-12 years old. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208384-4076, idahoshakespeare.org/ idaho-theater-for-youth.

SUN VALLEY ARTIST SERIES INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 2015—Don’t miss the largest piano festival of its kind in the U.S. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Church of the Big Wood, 100 Saddle Road, Ketchum, 208726-5123.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Hiding in plain sight.

ART OF FASHION SHOW: INCOGNITO AT BAM For its upcoming Art of Fashion Show, Boise Art Museum invited designers and artists to create clothes inspired by its current exhibition Liu Bolin: Hiding in the City. The Incognito Design encouraged designers to “select a location for inspiration and utilize illusionistic or trompe l’oeil effects to create a garment that becomes part of that place.” Designers took the challenge, creating work that will have viewers doing double-takes.

The contest winner—chosen by the audience—receives $500, and the audience is eligible for prizes, too: a makeover package from Beehive Salon, dinner at Barbacoa, wine tasting at Telaya Winery and more.

6:30 p.m., BAM members: $10 adv., $15 door; non-members: $15 adv., $20 door. 18 and over only. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Dr., 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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THE ART OF FISHING—Through May 31, noon-6 p.m. FREE. Fulton Street Showroom, 517 S. Eighth St., Boise. 208-869-4713,.

BCT ART AUCTION—Here’s your chance to own a piece of art inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Fisherman and His Soul, the latest world-premiere by Boise Contemporary Theater. Drop by anytime to view the artwork. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BENJAMIN JONES SOLO EXHIBITION—Wednesday-Saturday through May 30 or by appointment.

12-4 p.m. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Around the world in one day.

BOISE INTERNATIONAL MARKET GRAND OPENING AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION What started with a burned-out building in a forgotten strip mall has become a multicultural center and incredible addition to the Treasure Valley community. Though BIM has been technically open for several months, an official grand opening is a great reason for a party, so join BIM to celebrate with food, drink, music, dance, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and remarks by Mayor Dave Bieter.

Check out the diverse selection of businesses whose owners, many of them refugees, sell goods and services from across the globe, including Columbia, Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Somalia, Boston and Boise.

11 a.m. FREE. Boise International Market, 5823 W. Franklin Road, facebook.com/boiseinternationalmarket.

BOISE STATE ART METALS ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION—Through April 30, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. FREE. R. Grey Gallery Jewelry and Art Glass, 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337.

THURSDAY APRIL 23

HEMINGWAY’S VENETO EXHIBITION—Through May 24. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise. 208-426-1242, finearts.boisestate.edu.

Festivals & Events

LIU BOLIN: HIDING IN THE CITY—10 a.m.-5 p.m. $3-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

Calls to Artists I48 2015 CALL FOR ENTRIES— Registration is now open for i48 2015, the crazy competition in which filmmakers make a movie from scratch over the weekend. $50-$100. idaho48.org.

DEVELOP.IDAHO 208: CODE FOR GROWTH— Network, engage, learn from and socialize with influencers in the 208 tech universe. 1-6 p.m.

FREE-$30. Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State football stadium, Boise. developidaho.org.

MUSE PROJECT TOWN HALL: SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES AND LOCAL MARKETS—Featuring Lill Erickson, founder and executive director of the Western Sustainability Exchange. 6:30-8:30 p.m. By donation. Muse Building, 1317 W. Jefferson, Boise, 208-345-2704, museproject.org.

THIS BOOK IS NOT YET RATED—Rediscovered Books and the Boise State Gender Studies Club host a

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Worth the skinned knees.

SIXTH ANNUAL CRAWL AROUND DOWNTOWN A wee baby scooting around on hands and knees is adorable.

An adult doing the same is anything but. This isn’t a literal crawl, though; this is the Sixth Annual Pub Crawl, an opportunity to visit some great establishments and raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Registration costs $40 advance and gets you eight drink tickets and a T-shirt. Grab your tickets, pull on your tee and from noon to 5 p.m., visit 10 Barrel, Boise Brewing, The Front Door, Ha’Penny Bridge, Piper Pub, Solid, the Taphouse and Wiseguy Pizza in any order you want. Each place will have special food items available, and some will donate a portion of proceeds to the CFF, so nondrinkers, anyone under 21 and families are welcome, too.

Check in is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at 106 N. Sixth St., boisecrawl.org.

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CALENDAR panel discussion about Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229.

MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON’S—7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

On Stage

SUN VALLEY ARTIST SERIES INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 2015—6 p.m. FREE. Church of the Big Wood, 100 Saddle Road, Ketchum, 208-726-5123.

BLT: THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME—7:30 p.m. $11-$16.

Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

COMEDIAN BRIAN REGAN—Don’t miss your chance to see one of the most respected comedians in the country. 7:30 p.m. $49.75. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL—8 p.m. $26-$32. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

LAUGH OUT CANCER BENEFIT WITH DAVE LANDAU—8 p.m. $10.

Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise. com.

MODERN CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: SHALL WE DANCE?—7:30 p.m. $12-$18. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

SECOND CIRCLE: ANASTASIS—7 p.m. By donation. Danny Peterson Theatre, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208426-1609, facebook.com/tmabsu.

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SVCA FILM: LEVITATED MASS—7 p.m. $10-$12. Magic Lantern, 100 E. 2nd St., Ketchum, 208-7263308, sunvalleycenter.org.

Literature AUTHOR PETE FROMM—Enjoy a reading by author Pete Fromm, a five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award and faculty member of Oregon’s Pacific University’s LowResidency MFA Program. 6:307:30 p.m. FREE. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3318000. thecabinidaho.org.

FRIDAY APRIL 24 On Stage BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA SEASON FINALE—Featuring the world premiere of a Jim Cockey composition. 7:30 p.m. $20-$25.

Cathedral of the Rockies, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, cathedraloftherockies.org.

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BOISE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: THE DOVER QUARTET— Final concert of the season, by the nation’s fastest-rising string quartet.

7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise State campus, Boise, 208-426-1609.

COMEDIAN DAVE LANDAU—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

PUSHING BORDERS SKATEBOARD DOC PREMIERE—Travel with local skater TJ Hughes as he skates from Idaho City to Boise to raise funds to buy gear for the La Roca Skate Church in Quito, Ecuador, then heads south of the border to make the delivery. 7 p.m. $5. PowerHouse Event Center, 621 S. 17th St., Boise, 208-331-4005.

RECKLESS KELLY—For 15-plus years, Reckless Kelly has been straddling the fence between country and rock as if they built it themselves. 8 p.m. $19.50-$37.50. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: CREATURES AND DREAMSCAPES—Explore the fantastic and unimaginable in the final show of the 2014-15 season. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, redlightvarietyshow.com.

Literature AUTHOR ANN BEATTIE—Don’t miss your chance to hear literary icon Ann Beattie read. She is the author of nine story collections, seven novels and a novella. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub.boisestate.edu.

SCBWI AUTHOR SIGNING—Special signing to celebrate all the fantastic kids authors in town for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference. 4-5:30 p.m.

FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229.

SPRING BOOK SALE—Book lovers, don’t miss the Garden City Library’s Spring Book Sale. There’ll be thousands of books available, most $1 or less. Plus a good selection of CDs, DVDs and vinyl. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $1. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

Animals & Pets BOISE AGILITY RUNNERS AND CLIMBERS—Watch these canine athletes race against the clock through an obstacle course. 8 a.m.

FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208571-3809, boiseagility.org.

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CALENDAR SATURDAY APRIL 25 Festivals & Events BOISE INTERNATIONAL MARKET GRAND OPENING COMMUNITY CELEBRATION—11 a.m. FREE. Boise International Market, 5823 W. Franklin Road, Boise.

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m., FREE. Downtown Boise, seeyouatthemarket.com.

GRAVITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE—This full-fledged electronic music experience will bowl you over. Republic Parking lot Sixth and Main streets, Boise. 3-10 p.m. $20-$25, gravityboise.com.

On Stage 19TH ANNUAL IDAHO CARES SHOW—Join the Imperial Sovereign Gem Court for this red dress, black tie gala. Proceeds benefit those with HIV and AIDS. 6:30 p.m. $10.

Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

ART OF FASHION SHOW—6 p.m. $10-$15 adv., $15-$20 door. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum. org.

COMEDIAN DAVE LANDAU—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

IDAHO WHITEWATER ASSOCIATION USED EQUIPMENT SALE—9 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Cascade Outfitters, 604 E. 45th St., Boise, 208-322-4411, idahowhitewater.net.

MERIDIAN SYMPHONY: RISING STARS OF TOMORROW—Featuring winners of the Young Artists Competition. 7:30 p.m. $8-$10, $25 family. Centennial High School, 12400 W. McMillan Road, Boise, meridiansymphony.org.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: CREATURES AND DREAMSCAPES—9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door.

Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297.

SHADES OF BLACK SHOW WITH JESSICA DOMINGO—4 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5800.

WIND IN THE WILLOWS—11 a.m. and 3 p.m. $5-$9. Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, 703 N. Main St., Meridian, 208-287-8828, treasurevalleychildrenstheater.com.

Literature GHOSTS AND PROJECTORS POETRY BROTHEL—Featuring private readings with one of G&P’s amazing poets. 7 p.m. $5. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

MK NATURE CENTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL AND NATIVE PLANT SALE—10 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE. MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut St., Boise, 208-287-2901.

IWA used equipment sale

AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH—11 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229.

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NAMPA REC CENTER SPRING KICKOFF—Check out everything the Nampa Rec Center has to offer at this open house and wellness fair. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER DERBY’S SPUDTOWN KNOCKDOWN TOURNAMENT—Two full tracks of roller derby for two full days. 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. $10-$15, $20 weekend pass. Expo Idaho 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208287-5650, expoidaho.com.

Citizen ADD THE WORDS BENEFIT & DISCO—7 p.m. $5. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

CRAWL AROUND DOWNTOWN—Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 12-5 p.m. $40 adv., $50 day of. boisescrawl.org.

MARCH FOR BABIES—9-11 a.m.

FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-336-5421, marchforbabies.org.

STORY LINK IDAHO PRISON MINISTRY CALENDAR PARTY FUNDRAISER—2 p.m. $10. St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 7960 Northview St., Boise, 208-3756651, catholicidaho.org/207.

SUNDAY APRIL 26 On Stage BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA SEASON FINALE—2 p.m. $20-$25.

Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, cathedraloftherockies.org.

COMEDIAN DAVE LANDAU—8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

MONDAY APRIL 27 Festivals & Events FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH OPEN HOUSE—Help FJHS celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary. Cake will be served. The general public, former Fairmont students and staff, and friends of the school are invited to attend. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Fairmont Junior High, 2121 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-854-4790.

Literature SPRING BOOK SALE—Book lovers, don’t miss the Garden City Library’s Spring Book Sale. There’ll be thousands of books available, most $1 or less. Plus a good selection of CDs, DVDs and vinyl. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $1. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

Citizen CENTRAL BENCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING—Open board meeting will be followed by a discussion of Maverick Inc.’s planned purchase of the old Franklin School property, located at Franklin and Orchard streets. 6 p.m. FREE. Wright Congregational Church, 4821 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-3430292, wrightucc.com.

TUESDAY APRIL 28 On Stage

BCT 5X5 READING SERIES: SAMUEL D. HUNTER—7 p.m. $10-$12. Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 Second St. S., Nampa, 208467-5533.

Talks & Lectures BOISE RIVER LECTURE: PREDATORS AND PREY OF THE BOISE RIVER— Idaho Fish and Game wildlife biologist Michelle Kemner introduces you to the wildlife species of the Boise River, talk about the role each plays in the ecosystem and explain the forces that influence the wildlife. 6 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., 208343-7481, idahorivers.org.

Citizen CABI SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM SERIES—Gain a new perspective on the plight of Jewish and African refugees, explore their journeys to safety, and hear resettlement stories. A short discussion follows each film. Thursdays through May 5. 7 p.m. FREE. Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel, 11 N. Latah St., Boise, 208-343-6601, ahavathbethisrael.org.

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On Stage ANDY BYRON’S AMERICANA MUSIC SERIES: ROBIN SPIELBERG—6:30 p.m. $18-$25. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

BCT 5X5 READING SERIES: SAMUEL D. HUNTER—Get an early look at something new from Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter. 7 p.m. $10-$12. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208331-9224, bctheater.org.

LIQUID COMEDY OPEN MIC— Sign-ups at 6:30 p.m., with show to follow. 7 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

STORY STORY NIGHT: WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING—The last hurrah from this electric ’80’s moviethemed season: Nine to Five. With featured storytellers Devon Van Essen, Nathan Mueller and BW’s own Jessica Murri, plus an open story slam and free cake at an afterparty.

7 p.m. $10. El Korah Shrine Center, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3430571, storystorynight.org.

SUBTERRANEAN COMEDY—Yuk it up with some of Boise’s funniest comics. 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505, tomgraineys.com.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 22

FRIDAY APRIL 24

MARY BETH WHITAKER AND SCOTT OLIVER—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

BLUE OCTOBER—With Ashleigh Stone and Legendary Skies. 7:30 p.m. $23.50-$50. Knitting Factory

BIG WOW—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m.

FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BROOKE FAULK—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s CHUCK SMITH TRIO— 7:30 p.m.

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ESSENTIAL JAZZ AND DAN COSTELLO—7:30 p.m. $5-$15.

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JAM NIGHT—Hosted by For Blind Mice. 8 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JAMES MILLER—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato

HOKUM HI-FLYERS—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

JASON AND BRUCE—7 p.m. FREE. Cylos

JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

KEVIN CARROLL UKULELE CONCERT—9 p.m. $10. Audio Lab

JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

KODAK TO GRAPH—With Big Wild and OBESON. 7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

MICHAELA FRENCH—7 p.m.

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RECKLESS KELLY—8 p.m. $19.50-$37.50. Morrison Center ROB HARDING—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s SHADES ALBUM RELEASE PARTY—With Crystal Ghost. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux SOUL PURPOSE—10 p.m. $5.

Reef TERRIBLE LIGHT AND ADJECTIVE ANIMAL—8 p.m. FREE. Flying M Coffeegarage THIS END UP—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s YER MAMA—8 p.m. FREE. Cylos

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THURSDAY APRIL 23 ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE—8 p.m. $10. Crazy Horse BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers BRENT MARCHBANKS—11:45 a.m. FREE. Shangri-La CLARK BROS.—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La ESCAPE FROM THE ZOO—7 p.m.

FREE. High Note FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers OPEN MUSIC JAM—Hosted by Ryan Thorne. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s THE SOFT MOON—With Noveller. 7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux SOUL SERENE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s THURSDAY NIGHTS DISCO WITH JOYRIDE—8 p.m. Eclypse WAYNE WHITE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

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ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, APRIL 23, CRAZY HORSE Acid Mothers Temple defines itself as a collective of “currently around 30 members, famous and unknown, musicians, artist[s]. dancers, farmers, etc.” Founded by Japanese musician Makoto Kawabata in 1995, the group’s musical output has been staggeringly profuse, smashing together experimental music and free jazz with folk, psychedelic rock and Black Sabbath-inspired metal.

Whatever Kawabata and company call themselves—their various monikers include “AMT and the Melting Paraiso UFO” and “AMT and the Cosmic Inferno”—they’ve built an international following. In a 2005 review, Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson wrote that AMT’s music “projects a certain ugliness and undeniable aggression [but] the band’s ultimate m.o. is transformative ecstasy achieved through profound disorientation.”

AMT’s slogan is “Do whatever you want, don’t do whatever you don’t want.” With a group this far-out, though, you probably do want to check out this show.

—Ben Schultz With ST 37 and Sun Blood Stories. 9 p.m., $10. Crazy Horse.

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MUSIC GUIDE SATURDAY APRIL 25 ADD THE WORDS BENEFIT AND DISCO—Hosted by Stardust Lounge and Vinyl Preservation Society. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

METALES M5 MEXICAN BRASS, APRIL 24, JEWETT AUDITORIUM (COLLEGE OF IDAHO) For more than 10 years now, one of Mexico’s best imports has been brass quintet M5. Though listening to French horn, trombone, trumpets and tuba doesn’t sound like the most exciting way to spend an evening, it actually is.

Roberto Carlos Cruz (trombone), Alexander Freund (trumpet), Jose Lopez Juarez (tuba), Juan Carlos Quiterio Miguel (French horn) and Oscar Villegas Miranda (trumpet) are virtuosos, both musically and theatrically, playing everything from Bach to Bernstein—including traditional Latino tunes. A Metales M5 performance is a show, in every sense of the word.

M5 brings its Vuelta de Fuego or “Ring of Fire” show to the Jewett Auditorium on Friday, April 24, an ideal way for Caldwell Fine Arts to wrap up its 2014-2015 season.

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BREAD & CIRCUS—7 p.m. FREE. Crooked Fence CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers CYMRY—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

PAUL DRAGONE—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La PIRANHAS BC PUNK ROCK PARTY—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s POSSUM LIVIN’—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s ROB HARDING—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel SHADES OF BLACK SHOW WITH JESSICA DOMINGO—4 p.m. FREE. Boise State Jordan Ballroom SHON SANDERS—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Piper SMOOTH AVENUE—6:30 p.m. $7$12. Sapphire Room WOH—10 p.m. $5. Reef

DJ DANCE MUSIC—10 p.m. $3.

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FREE. Bar 365 EMILY STANTON BAND—8 p.m.

FREE. Cylos ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers HILLFOLK NOIR—10 p.m. FREE. Juniper JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

SUNDAY APRIL 26 ABANDON KANSAS—With A Rotterdam November. 7 p.m. $5.

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RAP BATTLE CHAMPIONSHIP—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS & RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

MONDAY APRIL 27 BLAZE AND KELLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

TUESDAY APRIL 28 BEN BURDICK—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers DAN COSTELLO—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers IDAHO SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION FORUM—6 p.m. FREE. Sapphire Room OPEN MIC—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR: DJ MEGAMILLIONS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: THE GOOCH PALMS—With Death Valley Girls, LA Font and Shark. 7 p.m. $7.

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Advice from an advertising firm to big tobacco: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the body of fact that exists in the mind of the general public.”

LIAR, LIAR PLANET ON FIRE Merchants of Doubt exposes master manipulators GEORGE PRENTICE the 1950s, the tobacco industry’s own research Global warming. There. I said it. Now, let the confirmed their products were hazardous. Big tonutjobbing commence.

Next to vaccinations (and don’t get me started bacco’s tactic was never to win the larger debate of addiction but to prolong our skepticism, delaying on that one), Boise Weekly’s reporting on climate an inevitable settlement that was forged on the change has incited some of our most colorful corpses of millions of cancer victims. Merchants reader pushback. of Doubt reveals several chilling documents, “Another piece of propaganda,” wrote reader Peter Guerva in January 2014. “Clownish,” com- including advice to tobacco companies from the advertising firm Hill & Knowlton, declaring mented the often right-leaning blogger 5foldflats “doubt is our product since it is the best means of in November 2011. This March, a reader who competing with the body of identified him/herself as Skipfact that exists in the mind of py wrote to tell us, “Climate MERCHANTS OF DOUBT the general public.” alarmism is nothing more Directed by Robert Kenner That same tactic underlies than a fundamentalist religion With James Hansen, Jamy Ian Swiss and Marco Morano the modern-day playbook with a political agenda.” Boy, of big tobacco’s brothers-indo I have a movie for you, Opens Friday, April 17 at The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342arms: climate science deniers.

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Politicians and pundits usually a highly-entertaining expose like to start their anti-global of spinmasters, opens with warming spin with phrases such as: “I’m not a professional magician Jamy Ian Swiss dazzling scientist, but…” or “The science is complicated, with sleight-of-hand misdirection and deceit, explaining how the line between “honest lies” and but…” in order to come across as more “folksy.”

The pundits are media savvy and even charming, bold-faced lies is readily compromised. fitting neatly into tightly-produced segments on Masters of deception understand best that history’s most successful distractions often include Fox News—and heaven help the scientists who allow facts to get in the way. performances stretched out over large periods Merchants of Doubt includes clips of NASA of time. Think back for a moment to the iconic scientist James Hansen, among the first to link image of top executives from the seven largest American tobacco companies—under oath before climate change to carbon emissions, fruitlessly debating the ever-folksy Marc Morano, founder of Congress in April 1994—swearing nicotine was Climate Depot and dubbed the “climate change not addictive. We know now that dating back to BOISE WEEKLY.COM

misinformer of the year” by Media Matters. Morano is a Zen master of juicy sound bites and he’s at his worst in those cable news shouting matches on Fox News and MSNBC. After one debate, in which he verbally eviscerated Hansen, Morano chillingly admitted he delights in his lack of scientific credentials and loves to flood email inboxes with attacks on those who contradict him. In a heartbreaking post-mortem of his debate with Morano, the clearly outmatched Hansen said he wrongfully “assumed that humanity will take some sensible action.”

Merchants of Doubt, by filmmaker Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.), reminds us repeatedly that these “merchants” only want the debate to be neverending and one of their most effective delaying tactics is to manufacture a different fear—something big tobacco did masterfully when it pointed to the flame-retardant industry, not cigarettes, as the blame for fires caused by people whose cigarettes had indeed sparked the blaze. It took a team of Chicago Tribune investigative reporters to reveal that an “expert” witness had fabricated stories about the fires.

If you accept the science of climate change, Merchants of Doubt will no doubt confirm your suspicions about these skilled salespeople. If you still believe that global warming is phony science, then Merchants of Doubt will probably only get you hot under the collar. And we wouldn’t want that, would we?

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2013 FLEUR DU CAP SAUVIGNON BLANC, $8.99 From the Cape Floral region near the tip of South Africa, this sauvignon blanc displays a subtle elegance in a style reminiscent of France’s Sancerre. The aromas open with sweet guava and melon, with touches of flint and sage. Tropical fruit flavors mark the palate (ripe citrus, papaya, mango) complemented by spring greens and spicy green pepper. This wine is a definite bargain.

2013 SEVEN OF HEARTS CHATEAU FIGAREAUX SAUVIGNON BLANC, $20 Washington vineyards produce some of the Northwest’s best sauvignon blanc grapes, which explains why this Dundee, Ore., winery sourced the grapes for this wine from the Columbia Valley. The nose is an herb-laced mix of clover, basil and tropical fruit. The flavors are a rich and round mix of peach, pear and melon, while the persistent finish is smooth and creamy.

2013 WHITEHAVEN SAUVIGNON BLANC, $15.99 New Zealand sauvignon blanc, with its pure expression of the variety, has a devoted fan base. Whitehaven, while unmistakably Kiwi, is a bit more subtle than some. Lovely lime and mandarin orange aromas lead off, colored by touches of Anaheim pepper. Grapefruit flavors, so typical of New Zealand sauv blanc, fill the mouth, while citrus zest comes through on the crisp finish that lingers nicely.

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Every year I like to mark the death of winter with a spring favorite: sauvignon blanc. Those first few days when you don’t have to scrape ice off the windshield herald the end of frigid weather, but this year I’m a bit too late. After a few weeks of warmth, we dipped into freezing temps before warming back up again. Here are the panel’s picks for this unpredictable spring.

EL CAFETAL COLOMBIAN RESTAURANT A filling Colombian feast TARA MORGAN Some lunches necessitate a nap. Indian buffets, for example, with their rich coconut curries, fried samosas and plump pakoras, always have me yawning before I’ve finished my naan. Now there’s a new cuisine to add to my list: Colombian food. Teeming with carbs of every kind— plantains, potatoes, rice, corn, yucca—this fare If you don’t need a nap after this savory South American meal, you’re doing it wrong. is not for the faint of appetite.

At El Cafetal, between Kibrom’s Restaurant leg bobbing on the surface. The soup got its heft lena is, in fact, a popular snack served in various and The Goodness Land in the Boise Internafrom a hearty chicken broth and was thickened tional Market, the deep fryer is always sputtering. forms across Central and South America. even further with starchy hunks of yucca and Speaking of popular dishes, perhaps one of Empanadas, smashed green plantain cakes and potato. The boiled corn imparted a sweet hominy Colombia’s most beloved bites is the arepa, a bulbous potato balls are submerged in hot oil, essence, while fine bits of cilantro gave off an fried golden and scooped into red plastic baskets. small, fluffy pancake made from ground maize. earthy perfume. The stew was accompanied by El Cafetal’s grilled arepas are served with an Colombian empanadas, unlike their baked a mound of white rice, slices of fresh avocado, a assortment of toppings: shrimp, cheese, chorizo, and flaky counterparts, are small pockets of crisp sausage-shaped strip of fried plantain and a simple even pineapple and ham. cornmeal fried to a deep, EL CAFETAL COLOMBIAN RESTAURANT The arepas are also available iceberg salad with a vinegary dressing. egg-yolk yellow. El Cafetal’s Before I could polish off the soup, a familiar rellena, or cut in half and half-moon turnovers ($5.99 5823 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-571551, facebook.com/ElCafetalColombianstuffed with shredded chick- sleepiness started to take over. Even after a sip of for three, $8.99 for five) are RestaurantBoise Postobon Manzana, a joltingly sweet Colombian en, beef or pork rinds. I stuffed with beef and potakept it simple with the arepa apple soda, my eyelids started to droop. I knew toes and best with a squirt I’d have to wait for a subsequent visit to try campesina ($4.99), topped with melted queso of mild green aji salsa flecked with cilantro.

El Cafetal’s bandeja paisa ($11.99), a colorful blanco and a pat of butter. The arepa campesina The papa rellena ($3.99), which I pictured as platter loaded with rice, kidney beans, pork would’ve made an ideal savory breakfast with a a modest croqueta, was actually a baseball-sized full-bodied cup of Colombian coffee, but it was a rinds, chorizo, grilled beef, sunny-side up eggs, beast. Crunchy tempura batter gave way to a avocado, sweet plantain and corn cakes. The bit too bland for lunch. mashed-potato crust, which concealed a lightly Boise International Market’s Grand Opening It did, however, take well to a plunge in El seasoned mound of shredded chicken and rice.

Celebration Saturday, April 25, might be the Cafetal’s excellent sancocho de gallina ($10.99), Though it seemed like a sinister invention from perfect excuse to return. the creator of KFC’s Double Down, the papa rel- a rich green stew with a corn cob and chicken

FOOD/NEWS ZEN BENTO AND THE ART OF RICE BOWL EXPANSION Zen Bento is bringing its veggie-laden rice bowls to State Street. The popular fast-casual eatery, with locations in downtown Boise and Eagle, plans to open in early May in the former Kana Girl’s Hawaiian BBQ space at 3912 W. State St. Zen Bento owner Rene Iwamasa said they’re not doing any major renovations to the space besides painting the outside of the building. The new State Street location, or ZB3, will feature an ordering counter and more seating than the company’s other restaurants. It will also stay open until 9 p.m. in the summer.

“It’s going to have the same menu as our downtown location, and we’re actually looking to add more new items,” said Iwamasa.

Iwamasa said Zen Bento is planning to open more restaurants over the next year or two, most likely in southeast Boise and Meridian.

“Wherever a healthier option for eating is needed is where we’re going

to go,” said Iwamasa. “That area along State Street just looked like a good opportunity because it seemed like there was nothing in the area that did what we did.”

In booze news, Red Feather Lounge and Bittercreek Alehouse are hosting an Earth Day/Arbor Day Tree Party Wednesday, April 22-Friday, April 24.

According to a Facebook post, the adjoining restaurants will feature “woodaged and wood-influenced beers on tap, a few extra oaky wines to choose from and forest-inspired cocktails.” Cocktail options include A Birdsey Eye View (Birdsey Northrop is generally credited with globalizing Arbor Day), made with High West Campfire whiskey, black walnut bitters, lemon and demerara; along with the El Ejido, made with Bookers whiskey, Cynar, house tonic syrup and cacao bitters. Anyone who purchases one of these featured drinks will receive a tree seedling and a small bag of worm castings to help their tree grow.

There will also be a raffle benefiting the Idaho Conservation League featuring photographs from artist Peter Lovera.

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93 Bit of fanfare 95 Kindle, e.g.

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When you have a corner on a mass-produced foodstuff market, you can get a little creative. Jelly Belly, the famous jelly bean confectioner, branched out from its original 50 flavors adding new tastes like guava and buttered popcorn—but went too far with crowd pleasers such as canned dog food and barf. The potato chip masters at Frito-Lay made a similar gamble with its “Do Us A Flavor” contests, which ask ordinary citizens to come up with new flavors for Lay’s potato chips. The newest contest recently closed, but the first resulted in seeing Cappuccino, Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese, Mango Salsa and Wasabi Ginger on store shelves. Cappuccino and Mango Salsa have not fared well—Amazon user L. Fleishman called cappuccino “a flavor apocalypse, a taste experiment that tragically escaped from the laboratory, the snack thing that should not be.”

Here at Boise Weekly, we agree. The Cheddar Bacon Mac fritolay.com/snacks/find-snacks.htm & Cheese was just OK, but all of us really liked the Wasabi Ginger. It has a horseradish hint on the nose, and on the palate, it’s subtly sweet and gingery without leaving a lingering taste in your mouth. When dill pickle and jalapeno chips aren’t cutting it, try a bag of wasabi ginger.

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would like to use her maiden name following her divorce in February of 2004.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on May 12 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

MAR 23 2015 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB April 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2015.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE IF IDAHO, INA AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Shelby Lampkin Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1313861 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Shelby Lampkin, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Shelby Lucius. The reason for the change in name is: Don’t want fathers name.

A hearing on the petition is

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you’re stumped about what present to give someone for a special occasion, you might buy him or her a gift card. It’s a piece of plastic that can be used as cash to buy stuff at a store. The problem is, a lot of people neglect to redeem their gift cards. They leave them in drawers and forget about them.

Financial experts say there are currently billions of dollars going to waste on unredeemed gift cards. This is your metaphor of the moment, Aries. Are there any resources you’re not using? Any advantages you’re not capitalizing on? Any assets you’re ignoring? If so, fix the problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I usually have no objection to your devoted concern (I won’t use the phrase “manic obsession”) with security and comfort. But there are rare phases in every Taurus’s life cycle when ironclad stability becomes a liability. Cruising along in a smooth groove threatens to devolve into clunking along in a gutless rut. Now is such a phase. As of this moment, it is healthy for you to seek out splashes of unpredictability. Wisdom is most likely to grow from uncertainty. Joy will emerge from an eagerness to treasure the unknown.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There may be a flood-like event that will wash away worn-out stuff

you don’t need any more. There might be an earthquake-type phenomenon that only you can feel, and it might demolish one of your rotten obstacles. There could be a lucky accident that will knock you off the wrong course (which you might have thought was the right course). All in all, I suspect it will be a very successful week for benevolent forces beyond your control.

How much skill do you have in the holy art of surrender?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is your biggest excuse? Or rather, what is your THICKEST, SICKEST, MOST DEBILITATING EXCUSE? We all have one: a reason we tell ourselves about why it’s difficult to live up to our potential; a presumed barrier that we regard as so deeply rooted that we will never be able to break its spell on us. Maybe it’s a traumatic memory.

Maybe it’s a physical imperfection or a chronic fear. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Cancerian, you’d be wise to do an audit and reassessment of your own LAMEST EXCUSE. I suspect you now have insight about it that you’ve never had before. I also think you have more power than usual to at least partially dismantle it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you were a supporting character in a popular TV drama, the producers would be cooking up a

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spin-off show with you in a starring role. If you were in an indie rock band, you’d be ready to move from performing at 300-seat venues to clubs with an audience capacity of 2,000. If you have always been just an average egocentric romantic like the rest of us, you might be on the verge of becoming a legend in your own mind—in which case it would be time to start selling T-shirts, mugs and calendars with your image on them. And even if you are none of the above, Leo, I suspect you’re ready to rise to the next level.

kisses first,” says Libra actress and activist Janeane Garofalo. I can think of other ways to measure bravery, but for your immediate future, her definition will serve just fine. Your ultimate test will be to freely give your tenderness and compassion and empathy—without any preconditions or expectations.

For the sake of your own integrity and mental health, be steadfast in your intention to always strike the first blow for peace, love and understanding.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Free at last! Free at last! Thanks to the Lord of the Universe or the Flying Spaghetti Monster or a burst of crazy good luck, you are free at last! You are free from the burden that made you say things you didn’t mean! You are free from the seductive temptation to rent, lease or even sell your soul! Best of all, you are free from the mean little voice in your head—you know, the superstitious perfectionist that whispers weird advice based on fearful delusions! So now what will you do, my dear? You have escaped from the cramped, constricted conditions.

Maybe you can escape to wideopen spaces that will unleash the hidden powers of your imagination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It will soon be that time when you are halfway between your last birthday and your next birthday. I invite you to make this a special occasion. Maybe you can call it your anti-birthday or unbirthday. How to celebrate? Here are some ideas: 1.

Imagine who you would be if you were the opposite of yourself; 2.

Write a list of all the qualities you don’t possess and the things you don’t need and the life you don’t want to live; 3. Try to see the world through the eyes of people who are unlike you; 4. Extend a warm welcome to the shadowy, unripe, marginal parts of your psyche that you have a hard time accepting, let alone loving; 5. Any other ways you can think of to celebrate your anti-birthday?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As I climb the first hill along my regular hike, both sides of the path are

dominated by a plant with glossy, three-lobed leaves. They’re so exuberant and cheerful, I’m tempted to caress them, even rub my face in their bright greenery. But I refrain, because they are poison oak. One touch would cause my skin to break out in an inflamed rash that would last for days. I encourage you, too, to forgo contact with any influence in your own sphere that is metaphorically equivalent to the alluring leaves of the poison oak.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today the French Capricorn painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as a foremost pioneer of modern art. Some critics say his innovative influence on painting nearly matched Picasso’s. But during the first part of the 20th century, his work often provoked controversy. When a few of his paintings appeared at a major exhibition in Chicago, for example, local art students were shocked by what they called its freakishness.

They held a mock trial, convicted Matisse of artistic crimes and burned his painting Blue Nude in effigy. I don’t expect that you will face reactions quite as extreme as that in the coming weeks, Capricorn. But it will make sense to express yourself with such forceful creativity and originality that you risk inciting strong responses.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Leonardo da Vinci had skills in

many fields, ranging from botany to engineering to cartography, but he is best known as a painter. Yet in his 67 years on the planet, he finished fewer than 40 paintings.

He worked at a very gradual pace.

The “Mona Lisa” took him 14 years! That’s the kind of deliberate approach I’d like to see you experiment with in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Just for a while, see what it’s like to turn down your levels of speed and intensity. Have you heard of the Slow Food Movement?

Have you read Carl Honoré’s book In Praise of Slowness? Do you know about Slow Travel, Slow Media and Slow Fashion?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Modern movies don’t scrimp on the use of the f-bomb. Actors in The Wolf of Wall Street spat it out 569 times. The word-that-rhymes-withcluck was heard 326 times in End of Watch, while Brooklyn’s Finest racked up 270 and This Is the End erupted with an even 200. But this colorful word hasn’t always been so prominent a feature. Before 1967, no actor had ever uttered it on-screen. That year, Marianne Faithfull let it fly in the film I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to break a taboo that’s maybe not as monumental as Faithfull’s quantum leap, but still fabulously fun and energizing. Be a liberator!

End the repression! Release the blocked vitality!

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scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 05 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date: MAR 11 2015 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDRE PRICE Deputy Clerk PUB April 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2015.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Stephen Anthony Marion Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1504970 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Stephan Anthony Marion, now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Amy Claire Marion. The reason for the change in name is: Personal Preference.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 28, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date March 30 2015 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Kathryn Edmark Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1504751 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Kathryn Edmark, now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Kathryn Chroninger McLeod. The reason for the change in name is: My biological father and I do not have contact.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 19 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date MAR 30 2015 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB APR 15, 22, 29 & May 6, 2015.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Michelle O’Connor, Personal Representative C/O Susan Lynn Mimura & Associates PLLC, 3451 E. Copper Point Dr, Ste #106, Meridian, Id 83642.

PUB. April 15, 22 & 29, 2015.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: MAKAI JORDAN WILLIAMS Legal Name of Child Case No. CV NC 1505584 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Minor) A Petition to change the name of MAKAI JORDAN WILLIAMS, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to MAKAI JORDAN HOWELL. The reason for the change in name is: So the childs last name will be the same as his mother’s last name.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) JUNE 11, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date April 7, 2015 CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEBBIE NAGELE DEPUTY CLERK PUB APRIL 15, 22, 29, & May 6, 2015.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA Re: Case CV-FE-2015-04016 (I.C.15-3-801) In the Matter of the Estate of Donna E. Mansell, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named decedent.

All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented

to the undersigned at the address indicated, and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

DATED this 16 day of April, 2015 Tommie Thompson, Personal Representative, PO BOX 5672 Boise, ID 83705.

Pub. April 22, 29, & May 6, 2015.

LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONS CASE NO. CV OC 14 10173, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA, Lochsa Falls Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, v.

Tamara L. Randolph, Defendant.

TO: TAMARA L. RANDOLPH You have been sued by Lochsa Falls Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc., the Plaintiff, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for Ada County, Idaho, Case No. CV OC 14 10173.

The nature of the claim against you is for unpaid homeowner association assessments, more particularly described in the Complaint. Any time after twenty (20) days following the last publication of this Summons, the Court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to: Clerk of the Court, Ada County Courthouse, 200 W. Front St, Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 287-6900 and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff’s attorney at: Jeremy O. Evans of VIAL FOTHERINGHAM LLP, 12828 LaSalle Dr Ste. 101, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone 208-629-4567, Facsimile 208-392-1400. A copy of the Summons and Complaint can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the at-

torney for Plaintiff. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

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CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT SEAN MURPHY, DEPUTY PUB April 22, 29, May 6 & 13, 2015.

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STAN SAYS: CHRIS BOTTI AT THE MORRISON CENTER Last week, we sent Boise Weekly Distribution Manager and ManAbout-Town Stan Jackson to see Grammy Award-winning jazz master Chris Botti at a sold-out show at the Morrison Center.

Although Jackson has been with BW for nearly 20 years, we’re still finding out new things about him all of the time. For example, his love of jazz is more than just a taste preference: In the ’50s, when he was a student at Boise High School, Jackson played trumpet in a four-piece combo that performed at school dances and parties.

When he was a senior, his parents surprised him with a ticket to see Louis Armstrong at the old Miramar Ballroom. When he lived in Denver in the ’90s, he’d spend every Friday night at a jazz club in the old warehouse district. At his 50-year high-school reunion a few years ago, he was asked to play, trumpeting the Boise High fight song and a set of ’50s and ’60s classics for his schoolmates.

When Jackson said Botti’s performance was “phenomenal,” and probably the “best two hours of entertainment” he’d ever seen, he was talking from experience.

Jackson said Botti told the audience he spent three years on the road with Sting, performed at a private concert with Bill Clinton and puts on around 300 shows every year. Still, he was humble and appreciative, sharing the spotlight with his seven-member band, which Jackson called “awesome.”

Jackson came away from Botti’s live performance as joyful as we’ve ever seen him, which should make it easier to convince him to play a little trumpet for us at our next staff meeting.

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