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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:39 PM Dec 2014

CNN- CIA misled public on torture (more details than I can post)

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/politics/cia-torture-report/

Washington (CNN) - The CIA's harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era didn't work, were more brutal than previously revealed and delivered no "ticking time bomb" information that prevented an attack, according to an explosive Senate report released Tuesday.

The majority report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee is a damning condemnation of the tactics -- branded by critics as torture -- the George W. Bush administration deployed in the fear-laden days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The techniques, according to the report, were "deeply flawed" and often resulted in "fabricated" information.

In one facility, a detainee was said to have died of hypothermia after being held "partially nude" and chained to a concrete floor, while at other times, naked prisoners were hooded and dragged up and down corridors while being slapped and punched.

Multiple CIA detainees subjected to the techniques suffered from hallucinations, paranoia, insomnia and tried to mutilate themselves, the report says.

On one occasion, high-value al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah became completely unresponsive after a period of intense waterboarding. He had "bubbles rising through his open full mouth," the report says.
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CNN- CIA misled public on torture (more details than I can post) (Original Post) underpants Dec 2014 OP
Watch the bushies all turn and point.... louis-t Dec 2014 #1
Yep, they started yesterday underpants Dec 2014 #2
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