A copy of the conclusions of the Senate
Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation and
detention program, which began after the 9/11 attacks and ended in
2006, has been leaked.
The classified report is 6,300 pages long and questions the
legal foundation for the use of waterboarding and other so-called
“enhanced interrogation” techniques, arguing that the techniques
were not approved by the Department of Justice or CIA
headquarters.
An unnamed former U.S. official told
McClatchyDC, which obtained the leaked conclusions,
that the CIA’s claim that around 30 detainees were subjected to
such treatment “is BS,” and that, “they are trying to say it was a
very targeted program, but that’s not the case.”
Among the committee investigation’s findings are the
following:
The CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques did not
effectively assist the agency in acquiring intelligence or in
gaining cooperation from detainees.
The CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques was brutal
and far worse than the agency communicated to policymakers.
The CIA manipulated the media by coordinating the release of
classified information, which inaccurately portrayed the
effectiveness of the agency’s enhanced interrogation
techniques.
The CIA manipulated the media by coordinating the release of
classified information, which inaccurately portrayed the
effectiveness of the agency’s enhanced interrogation
techniques.
Read the full list of findings below:
Last month, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) accused the CIA of spying on computers being
used in the investigation. CIA Director John Brennan
denied that the agency had hacked into Senate computers.
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted earlier this month to
declassify a 480 page summary of the report.
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