Michael Otterman is a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker based in New York City and Sydney. He graduated from Boston University, with a BSc in journalism, and from the University of Sydney with a MLitt (PACS) where he is a visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS).University of Sydney / Faculty of Arts / Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies / People / Visiting Scholars / Mike Otterman Retrieved 18 February 2010MacMillan, Pluto press: Michael Otterman Retrieved 18 February 2010
Book In March 2007, his first book American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond was published by Melbourne University Publishing (MUP). He toured, promoting the book from June to October 2007."Book tour: Michael Otterman's 'American Torture'", Amnesty International, 21 May 2007 "American Torture On Tour", Washington Note, September 15, 2007 In October 2007, he gave a talk at New York University."NYU's Center for Global Affairs Announces Its October 2007 Events", September 20, 2007
As Dennis Altman wrote in The Age, "Otterman writes as a patriot - one who expects much of his country and is angry when it fails him." Television appearances in 2007 included The Tavis Smiley Show,Tavis Smiley archives: Transcript of interview broadcast on 16 October 2007 Retrieved 18 February 2010 BBC World News,youtube: interview with Jonathan Charles. Retrieved 18 February 2010 and JTV, ABC Australia.youtube: Michael Otterman on JTV Australia Retrieved 18 February 2010
Blog Michael Otterman also ran a blog, American Torture, which was intended to "provide a venue for discussions about America's use of torture and feature updates about the fate of the over 10,000 'enemy combatants' and 'security detainees' held across the globe in secret CIA prisons and in places like Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan."American Torture: Welcome welcome welcome. Accessed February 14, 2015.
He is currently, as of 2010, working on a forthcoming publication Collateral Carnage: The Human Cost of the War in Iraq, coauthored with Dr Richard Hil and Dr Paul Wilson.
NorCor Management Michael Otterman is a partner at NorCor Manager, a business that runs in his family. This family-run business in Queens manages an expanding portfolio of cooperatives, condos, and rental properties.
Publications Sensory deprivation just another name for torture Michael Otterman: Why CIA abuse is medieval madness Hitchens's tortured explanation Between Iraq and a Hard Place American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. Michael Otterman, Richard Hil, Paul Wilson, Dahr Jamail (2010), Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs Of Carnage,
References
External links American Torture website