Modeling CIA Torture, ISIS Waterboarded Those It Captured: Report

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/28/modeling-cia-torture-isis-waterboarded-those-it-captured-report



Sources quoted by the Washinton Post say ISIS "knew exactly how it was done" as it employed brutal techniques also approved by Bush administration

Modeling CIA Torture, ISIS Waterboarded Those It Captured: Report
Jon Queally, staff writer
Thursday, August 28, 2014

The Washington Post reports on Thursday that at least four individuals taken captive by the Islamic State were tortured and that the group—also known as ISIS—appeared to be modeling the CIA's use of torture as it employed waterboarding as one of the painful techniques they used.

Worldwide condemnation followed revelations that in the aftermath of 9/11, the Bush administration approved the CIA to torture suspected terrorists during interoggations conducted at secret 'Black Sites' – or clandestine holding facilities.

Among those subjected to the brutal treatment by ISIS, according to sources quoted in the Post's reporting, was American journalist James Foley who was subsequently executed by the group.

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One unnamed "U.S. official" quoted by the Post scoffed at the idea that there could be any comparison between the torture conducted by ISIS and the torture conducted by U.S. military or intelligence agents.