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U.S. Senate Report on CIA Torture Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 CIA report: 'Torture is a crime and those responsible must be brought to justice' Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other rights advocates say prosecutions must follow Senate's CIA torture report U.S. Senate Report on CIA Torture: Full Redacted Text (pdf) Senate CIA Torture Report Details 'Ruthless' Brutality of Bush Era Senate Intelligence Committee's report says CIA abuse violated 'U.S. law, treaty obligations, and our values.' Journalists, experts and human rights advocates say that torture program under the Bush administration was systematically orchestrated by top officials. Hypothermia, Broken Limbs, and Rectal Feeding: Details from the CIA Torture Report 17 Disgraceful Facts Buried In The Senate's 600 Page Torture Report CIA interrogation report: The 20 key findings The US Senate Intelligence Committee has released a summary of a report into the CIA interrogation program established by US spy chiefs after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001. Sexual Assault and Rectal Feedings: The CIA Report's Messy Details Interrogation Chief Said Forced Enemas Needed to Demonstrate 'Control' Report: CIA Tortured Many, Lied Often, Gained Little Intel Captives Told Torturers What They Thought They Wanted to Hear ACLU Reacts To CIA Torture Report The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today released the executive summary and findings of its landmark report on the CIA's rendition, secret detention, and torture program. CIA cited Israeli Supreme Court rulings to justify torture, Senate report says 'Israeli example' cited as possible justification for use of torture when interrogating terror suspects 'where there is no other available means to prevent the harm' they might inflict. To deter U.S. from torturing again, those involved should be prosecuted Senator compares CIA's actions to 'war crimes' "We did things, Alisyn, that we tried Japanese soldiers for war crimes for after World War II," he told the host of CNN's "New Day," Alisyn Camerota. "This is not America, this is not who we are, and what was done has diminished our stature and inflamed terrorists around the world." CIA torture report: China and North Korea quick to settle accounts Asian neighbours regularly criticised by the US over human rights say Senate findings prove Washington should not lecture Will growing consensus that torture is 'morally repugnant' lead to action? Tuesday's release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation techniques has revived a national debate about the effectiveness of torture. While opinion is divided, a consensus does seem to have formed around the idea that torture is a moral abomination. |
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