On Tuesday morning, the Senate intelligence committee released an executive summary of its years-long investigation into the CIA's detention and interrogation program. President George W. Bush authorized the so-called "enhanced interrogation" program after the 9/11 attacks. The United States government this week has warned personnel in facilities abroad, including US embassies, to be ready in case protests erupt in response.
The full report includes over 6,000 pages and 35,000 footnotes. You can read the executive summary here. Here are some of the lowlights:
1. The CIA used previously unreported tactics, including "rectal feeding" of detainees (p. 100, footnote 584):
2. CIA officers threatened the children of detainees (p. 4):
cia threatened children
3. Over 20 percent of CIA detainees were "wrongfully held." One was an "intellectually challenged" man who was held so the CIA could get leverage over his family (p. 12):
wrongfully held detainees
4. One detainee, Abu Hudhaifa, was subjected to "ice water baths" and "66 hours of standing sleep deprivation" before being released because the CIA realized it probably had the wrong man (p. 16, footnote 32):
abu hudhaifa sleep deprivation
5. The CIA, contrary to what it told Congress, began torturing detainees before even determining whether they would cooperate (p. 104):
torture before questioning
6. CIA officers began torturing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed "a few minutes" after beginning to question him (p. 108):
ksm tortured within minutes
7. The CIA planned to detain KSM incommunicado for the rest of his life, without charge or trial (p. 9):
incommunicado forever
8. During waterboarding sessions, KSM made up a story that Al Qaeda was trying to recruit African-American Muslims?in Montana (p. 118):
montana muslims
9. In 2003, Bush gave a speech at a UN event condemning torture and calling on other nations to investigate and prosecute torture allegations. The statement was so at odds with US practices that the CIA contacted the White House to make sure enhanced interrogation techniques were still okay (pp. 209-210):
bush un torture remarks
10. The CIA torturers told CIA leadership that torture wasn't producing good information from KSM. But CIA leaders didn't relay that information to Congress (p. 212):
cia misled congress on torture
11. A detainee was tortured for not addressing an interrogator as "sir"?and for complaining about a stomach ache (p. 106):
detainee sir
12. CIA officers cried when they witnessed the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah (p. 44):
cia crying abu zubaydah
13. Within weeks of his arrival in CIA custody, Zubaydah was "on life support and unable to speak" (p. 30):
cia life support
14. Bush Justice Department official Jay Bybee, who is now a federal judge, told Congress the torture of Al Qaeda detainees led to the US capture of Jose Padilla. That wasn't true (p. 207):
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15. The secretary of state wasn't informed when the CIA made secret deals to open detention facilities abroad (p. 123):
secretary of state not informed
16. Even President George W. Bush wasn't informed where the facilities were?because he feared he'd "accidentally disclose" the information (p. 124):
bush didn't know
Peace!
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You want to talk torture.. These sick fucks are STOMPING BABIES TO DEATH! While young kids look on no less. Hell they teach their kids to decapitate and hold up severed heads with pride.. Oh but WE are the hate filled nation.
So if costing these animals a few hours sleep or making them feel like they are drowning can keep this shit from happening Im all for it. Even FDC says they had him do most of this shit for training purposes. Its dirty work and Im glad I dont have to do it but nobody is cutting off fingers toes and heads here. We arent stomping babies to death.These phuks cut off the heads of civilians on a whem.. So no I have no problem with this
ps Working yet or still living in parents basement?
So full of hate. And still so clueless!!! LOL
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As far as I am concerned, Constitutional Rights do not apply to people actively attempting to harm the US or US citizens. Especially if they are not US citizens themselves.
Of course, I'd run US wars a bit differently if I was in charge anyway.
Cherry - the rectal feeding was for a terrorist on a hunger strike. I guess they could have let him starve to death
You need a good stomping! Talk about clueless!
FDC: AGAIN .. WHO FLEW THE PLANES! There you go again being an apologist and blaming everyone else but the POS.
Do the terrorists being DRONED by your President have Constitutional rights?
Obama did order the strike on Bin Laden, right? I mean, he practically pulled the trigger himself.
You need a good stomping! Talk about clueless!
FDC: AGAIN .. WHO FLEW THE PLANES! There you go again being an apologist and blaming everyone else but the POS.
Any time the drunken transient that raped the whore that birthed you wants to let you stop turning tricks for meth money, you just come see me cheif. Any time at all Potsie. I couldn't think of a better way to spend 13 seconds of my life than giving you an ethics lesson.You need a good stomping! Talk about clueless!
FDC: AGAIN .. WHO FLEW THE PLANES! There you go again being an apologist and blaming everyone else but the POS.
You're right, he finished what a Republican started and couldn't.Do the terrorists being DRONED by your President have Constitutional rights?
Obama did order the strike on Bin Laden, right? I mean, he practically pulled the trigger himself.
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