Today the US released its CIA report on torture. The results are shocking. For example, the New York Times provides 7 Key Points From the C. I. A. Torture Report.
The C. I. A.’s interrogation techniques were more brutal and employed more extensively than the agency portrayed. The C. I. A. interrogation program was mismanaged and was not subject to adequate oversight. The C. I. A. misled members of Congress and the White House about the effectiveness and extent of its brutal interrogation techniques. Interrogators in the field who tried to stop the brutal techniques were repeatedly overruled by senior C. I. A. officials. The C. I. A. repeatedly underreported the number of people it detained and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques under the program. At least 26 detainees were wrongfully held and did not meet the government’s standard for detention. The C. I. A. leaked classified information to journalists, exaggerating the success of interrogation methods in an effort to gain public support. Here’s the full 525-page sanitized and redacted Congressional Study on CIA Torture. Various reports and excerpts follow:
Rectal Rehydration, Broken Limbs, 180 Hrs of Sleep Deprivation
The Guardian reports Rectal Rehydration and Broken Limbs: Grisliest Findings in CIA Torture Report.
While parts of the programme had been known – and much more will never be revealed – the catalogue of abuse is nightmarish and reads like something invented by the Marquis de Sade or Hieronymous Bosch.
Detainees were forced to stand on broken limbs for hours, kept in complete darkness, deprived of sleep for up to 180 hours, sometimes standing, sometimes with their arms shackled above their heads.
This post was published at Global Economic Analysis on December 09, 2014.
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