Cia director brennan denied the allegations of inappropriate. Dec 12, 2014 an independent publisher in new york is releasing the us senate report on the cia and torture as a 480page book, saying it needs to be seen by as many readers as possible. Full senate committee report on cia secret detentions must be released, and accountability for crimes under international law ensured index. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. Slidepdf as noted in the study, cia sought to fill the vacuum in its. Key takeaways from the cia torture report human rights first. The senate report on cia torture frequently asked questions. This document provides support to the senate intelligence committee torture report conclusion that the useful intelligence from the cia detainees came before any torture took place, from regular interrogation. The official senate cia torture report free government. The cia torture report belongs to the public al jazeera america.
Declassified documents now reveal there were two cia. May 20, 2015 the torture report contains new information on the cias use of rectal feeding and rehydration. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. The release of the full torture report is necessary to illuminate the programs legal and moral failings, the cia s evasions and misrepresentations to congress, the white house, and the american public. Senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf internet archive. Senate cia torture report details ruthless brutality of. Armed forces at black sites around the world, including bagram, guantanamo bay, and abu ghraib. Dec 09, 2014 news world americas cia torture report in full.
Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture wikipedia. In the above power of prophecy program, texe marrs provides the context and a summary of the global cia torture programs which have ravaged the world from the phoenix program onward. Senate publish report on cia torture and misinformation. At least five detainees were subjected to the process, the report states. It is not true that congress generally, or even the ssci, was fully briefed on the cias rdi program.
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 detention interrogation program. Amr 5114322015 1 amnesty international 21 april 2015 foreword. Enhanced interrogation techniques or enhanced interrogation is a euphemism for the program of systematic torture of detainees by the central intelligence agency cia, the defense intelligence agency dia and various components of the u. Significant events, to include the death and injury of cia detainees, the detention of individuals. Please find enclosed a report on the findings and recommendations of the international committee of the red cross following its visits to fourteen high value detainees transferred to guantanamo in september 2006. Cia torture report incomplete as key documents remain withheld. The full torture report is the most comprehensive account of the torture program to date. The executive summary of the senate intelligence committees report on cia torture was released on tuesday morning. Read the senate intelligence committees damning findings. The report covers the period during which these persons were held in the detention program run by the central intelligence agency. Dec 17, 2014 torture report a best seller on kindle, despite being available for free and in the public domain. Small indie publisher melville house has scored a hit with the cia torture report. Uk, despite a recent damning report by its intelligence and.
Techniques used by the cia included threatening to sexually assault a detainees. Dci guidelines on confinement conditions for cia detainees. A major aspect of the cia s detention and interrogation operations has been purposefully hidden from view, primarily due to secrecy guidelines that make it illegal for anyone to read into the program to reveal even its very existence. Jan 29, 2015 read cnn s cia torture report fast facts to learn about the us senate select committee on intelligences report on the cias detention and interrogation program. Source document contributed to documentcloud by wilson andrews the new york times. Senate democrats release scathing cia torture report. The report contains a lot of new and worrying information. Free government information fgi is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players libraries, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc. However, relatively few of those documents only 106 of approximately 5,000 were authored by the cia. Senate torture report foia american civil liberties union.
Here the cable admits we have so far uncovered nashiris plots to sink ships in the straits of hormuz which nashiri had admitted. Extraordinary rendition and torture victim narratives. Source document contributed to documentcloud by eyder peralta npr. Dec 15, 2014 committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program. How the cia torture report became a surprise bestseller. Eyes only details of redacted, probably 15 november 2002 debriefing of abd alrahim alnashiri, circa november 15, 2002.
How the cia tortured its detainees us news the guardian. The north carolina connection to extraordinary rendition and torture. Home post the official senate cia torture report our mission free government information fgi is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players libraries, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc. The attached document contains classified national security council information. Dec 09, 2014 the report says the agency routinely misled the white house and congress about the information it obtained from the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects. The cia attacks the senates published findings on torture, a report that was the result of six years of work by daniel jones. Dec 15, 2014 home post the official senate cia torture report our mission free government information fgi is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players libraries, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc. Torture report describes cia interrogation program time. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and. The senate report on cia torture frequently asked questions what is the report. Read cnn s cia torture report fast facts to learn about the us senate select committee on intelligences report on the cia s detention and interrogation program. Recently declassified documents make clear that there was not one, but two cia torture programs. The report was compiled by the senate select committee on intelligence ssci, the senate committee charged with conducting oversight of the cia s secret activities.
Government built as a haven from cold war nuclear holocaust 44 declassified vietnam war photos taken by u. The north carolina connection to unc school of law. Cia officers and cia contractors who were found to have violated cia policies or performed poorly were rarely held accountable or removed from positions of responsibility. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture. In december 2014, the ssci sent the full torture report to several executive branch agencies. Aug 24, 2009 so the big news today was the release of the cia inspector generals ig report from may 2004 pdf made public as part of our freedom of information act foia lawsuit, and attorney general eric holders announcement of a decision to appoint a prosecutor to conduct a preliminary investigation into whether federal laws were violated during the interrogation of detainees in. Senate report on cia torture open society foundations. Publisher to release cia torture report in book form. It received valuable comments from betsy apple, james. Senator mccain breaks with colleagues on torture report, cia activities stained our national honor. These programs went viral after the cia, the us interagency in cooperation with israel, mossad and american jewry as well as saudi arabia. Senate select comiiiittee on infelligeoee amnesty international usa. And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts. Cias june 20 response to the ssci study on the former.
The republican arizona senator who himself was a former prisoner of war during the vietnam war praised the release of the report in a speech on the senate floor tuesday. Watch video of feinsteins remarks here what the report shows, according to its introduction. This study is by no means confined to a resume and interpretation o. The report which runs 6,700 pages in its entirety and relied on over 6 million internal c. Torture report a best seller on kindle, despite being available for free and in the public domain. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys 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. The study found that american torture was not confined to a handful of aberrational cases or techniques, nor was it the work of rogue cia agents.
Dec 09, 2014 the executive summary of the senate intelligence committees report on cia torture was released on tuesday morning. After memorandum of notification, the cia disavows torture and assures. So the big news today was the release of the cia inspector generals ig report from may 2004 pdf made public as part of our freedom of information act foia lawsuit, and attorney general eric new torture documents, same old story american civil liberties union. The official senate cia torture report stanford libraries. Dec 09, 2014 the report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Here is the cia torture report the report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. The senate intelligence committee released a report on bush era torture tactics today. The study found that american torture was not confined to a handful of.
Report senate select committee on intelligence senate. Cia secret detention and extraordinary rendition acknowledgments this report was written by amrit singh, senior legal officer for the open society justice initiatives national security and counterterrorism program, and edited by david berry. Survivors of central intelligence agency torture are sueing the contractor psychologists who designed one of the most infamous programs of the. Subscribe to updates about open societys work around the world. Cia officers prepared documents indicating that critical portions of the report are patently false or misleading, especially certain key factual claims cia director hayden testified to the committee that numerous false allegations of. Redacted december 2014 agency accountability board report pdf 12. This fact sheet outlines the points presented in the senate report on the cia s interrogation and detention program in the years after september 11.
New torture documents, same old story american civil. Cia project mkultra achieved dog mind control during the cold war, declassified documents reveal inside the secret bunker the u. Gina haspels day one report to cia on the torture of nashiri cia cable 11246, subject. The torture report is a more than 6,000 page document that details the cias use of morally abhorrent and horrific acts of torture. Declassified 7312018, c06665557, as a result of foia litigation, national security archive v. Investigative journalist marcy wheeler says the obama administration is using the cia to protect itself and bush. The american publics ability to read the senate intelligence committees full, scathing report on the central intelligence agency s torture program is in danger because david ferriero, the archivist of the united states, will not call the report what it is, a federal record. Eyes only details of redacted, likely 22 november 2002 interrogation session with abd alrahim alnashiri, circa november 22, 2002, 0902z. 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 cias detention and interrogation program and its use of various forms of enhanced interrogation techniques in u. Approved december, 2012, updated for release april 3, 2014, declassification revisions december 3, 2014.
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