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boston bean

(36,186 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:53 PM Dec 2014

10 appalling findings in the Senate’s torture report

1. The CIA misled executive branch officials, members of Congress, and the public about torture’s effectiveness

2. Interrogators would deprive some detainees of sleep for more than a week.

3. Detainees underwent waterboarding until they were unresponsive.

4. The CIA force-fed detainees through their rectums.

5. Interrogators threatened to harm the families and children of detainees.

6. An interrogator threatened to sodomize a detainee with a broomstick.

7. The chief of interrogations described one facility as a “dungeon.”

8. Agency interrogators forced detainees to stand on broken legs and feet.

9. Detainees experienced severe psychological problems.

10. The CIA lied about how many detainees were in its custody.


These are just the bullets.... lots more info at the link:

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/09/10_appalling_findings_in_the_senates_torture_report/?source=newsletter
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10 appalling findings in the Senate’s torture report (Original Post) boston bean Dec 2014 OP
And this was the mild stuff. Cleita Dec 2014 #1
Didn't someone from the Bush admin LeftInTX Dec 2014 #2
god. cyberswede Dec 2014 #3

LeftInTX

(24,560 posts)
2. Didn't someone from the Bush admin
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 06:18 PM
Dec 2014

say that a few people had an "involuntary mouthwash" type experience?

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