Foia documents related to the former detention and interrogation program 6541720 rippub 4 june. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and. A summary of the senate intelligence committee report on the cias detention and interrogation program is now available for all to read. Report on the cia detention and interrogation program. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. John kiriakou, the only cia officer related to the torture program to do time for blowing the whistle on it told whowhatwhy. This is the 525page summary released by the committee. After months of delay and controversy, the obama administration is expected on monday to declassify the 2004 cia inspector generals report into the agencys interrogation program.
The report said that the interrogations were far more brutal than the cia had said and that the agency had misled congress and the white house about its activities. According to bradbury, many, if not all, of cias enhanced interrogation. The full findings on the cias interrogation programme are to be made public after a federal judge upheld an. The most gruesome moments in the cia torture report.
A web search for the title of the title committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program leads to many sites with copies. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A classified us senate probe into the cias post911 interrogation program found that the agency purposely deceived the us justice department to attain legal justification for use of torture techniques, according to a new report. The tactics described in the report include rectal rehydration and cia officers threatening to hurt, rape, and kill.
Us senate report on cia detention interrogation program. Todays report by the senate select committee on intelligence details one element of our nations response to 911the cias detention and interrogation program, which i. The most gruesome moments in the cia torture report wicked the cias rendition, interrogation, and detention programs were even more nightmarish than you could imagine. If you dont already have adobe reader installed, you may download the. The rereleased report provides details of the interrogations and the range of abuses inside the cia s overseas prisons. A report by the senate intelligence committee concludes that the cia misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for. Details of the cias enhanced interrogation techniques, considered by many to be torture, have been revealed in a longawaited report. The release included redacted versions of the committees executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views. The full report is more than 6,000 pages and remains classified. Report found value of brutal interrogation was inflated. Cia fact sheet regarding the ssci study on the former detention and interrogation program. We did things that were contrar obama y to our values.
Former vice president dick cheney and other members of the bush administration might have had a tense weekend. Cia releases declassified documents on interrogations. Intel committee releases report on cia detention, interrogation program. The movie cuts from political wrangling in washington to secure the reports release, to scenes of brutal torture recounted in the report itself. Former cia directors say interrogation program saved thousands of lives the directors blasted the senate torture report as poorly done and partisan.
Senate report details abuse of detainees as it happened. Report of investigation unauthorized interrogation techniques at sanitized employed a roved standard and. The public never knew the full extent of the horrific torture methods used by the cia after 911. The report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Excia contractor defends brutal post911 interrogations an architect of the brutal cia interrogation program developed after the sept. Findings and conclusions and the executive summary of its final study on the. Cia report details interrogation techniques the rereleased report provides details of the interrogations and the range of abuses inside the cias overseas prisons. A report detailing the cias controversial interrogation and detention program following the 911 terror attacks will be delayed, an official said tuesday. One of the biggest questions about the cia detention programme is who knew what and when about the harsh treatment of detainees and the use. Jones, lead investigator for the senate intelligence committees report on the cia s enhanced interrogation program. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture. Committee report on cia interrogation practice georgs unde we r. On september l4, 2001, three days before the issuance of the mon, the chief of operations of the cias based on an urgent requirement from the chief of the counterterrorism center ctc, sent an email to cia stations in seeking input on appropriate locations for potential cia detention facilities. John mclaughlin talked about the senate select committee on intelligences report on the cias enhanced interrogation techniques used in the years following the terrorist attacks of september.
The cia was right in the 1950s and wrong a half century later. Jones, lead investigator for the senate intelligence committees report. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the official senate report on cia. Download the full report here or chapter by chapter here. The report looks at investigation into cias enhanced interrogation program nprs mary louise kelly talks with daniel j. Torture is wrong under any circumstances, whether its called torture, enhanced interrogation techniques, stress positions, or anything else. The report concluded that the cias interrogation of detainees after the 911 attacks was far more brutal than the agency disclosed and that top officials misled congress, the george w. Us senate report on cia interrogations condemns torture. The official senate cia torture report free government. Five questions for the cia igs interrogation report time. The official senate cia torture report stanford libraries. The report looks at investigation into cias enhanced.
Us releases report on cia interrogation methods voice of. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program. Cia misled on interrogation program, senate report says. Committee study of the central intelligence agency. The investigation which resulted in the report was initially spurred by the revelation that in 2005 the cia had destroyed videotapes of the agencys enhanced interrogations of detainees in. The cias coercive interrogation techniques were not effective. The use of enhanced interrogation techniques eits by cia ended in. To start, just star this story in abc news phone app. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture wikipedia. The material sheds additional light on the torture program as the future of the senates classified full report on it hangs in the balance with the obama presidency ending. The report was previously released in 2007 but was so redacted that it. The central intelligence agency s use of enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation from detainees, a senate report claims. Torture report reveals cias brutal interrogation tactics. The committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program is a report compiled by the bipartisan united states senate select committee on intelligence ssci about the central intelligence agency cia s detention and interrogation program and its use of various forms of enhanced interrogation techniques in u.
Cia deceived government on torture program according to. Released last month, the report follows the story of senate staffer daniel jones, working to compile a damning 6,700page report on the cias detention and interrogation programs after 911. Cia secret detention and extraordinary rendition download the 216page report. Cias detention and interrogation program to the president for. The senate intelligence committee report on torture. The chief military prosecutor at guantanamo bay, cuba, has stipulated in a filing yet to be made public that the executive summary of a scathing senate report on the cias former interrogation. At no time did the cias coercive interrogation techniques lead to the collection of imminent threat intelligence, such as the hypothetical ticking time bomb information that many believe was the justification for the use of these techniques. Cia interrogation program records by central intelligence agency. Excia contractor defends brutal post911 interrogations.
Download abc news for iphone here or abc news for android here. Foia documents related to the former detention and interrogation program 5856717 rippub 161 june. Cia interrogation report vindicates enhanced interrogation. If you dont already have adobe reader installed, you may download the current version at. The report details the cias deadly torture program. The us senate intelligence committee summary of its report into cia interrogation techniques is 525 pages long. Cia fact sheet regarding the ssci study on the former detention. The senate cia torture report united states senate intelligence committee on. Bombshell report on cia interrogations is leaked torture. An exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program. Us senate report on cia interrogations condemns torture tactics. Senators from both parties react to todays release by the senate intelligence committee of its report on cia enhanced interrogation techniques. Cia interrogation report vindicates enhanced interrogation techniques monday, august 24, 2009 i have read quickly through this report and i can only say i wish i had the clearance to see the dozens and dozens of redacted pages, but the info it contains vindicate the use of the program as an effective way to get valuable intel. A damning report published by senate democrats claims cia leadership misled both congress and the white house about the effectiveness and severity of.
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