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US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program

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Re: US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

ProAm wrote: post #5

This is horrific. Just reading the findings and conclusions section is astounding. Embarrassing and shameful day for the USA.

(Page 56) Specifically, the interrogation techniques that went unreported in CIA cables included standing sleep deprivation in which a detainee's arms were shackled above his head, nudity, dietary manipulation, exposure to cold temperatures, cold showers, "rough takedowns," and, in at least two instances, the use of mock executions

Mock executions...

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Post by icpmacdo »

From the section "The Committee makes the following findings and conclusions:" on page 9 number 10 is interesting "#10: The CIA coordinated the release of classified information to the media, including inaccurate information concerning the effectiveness of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques." I have assumed that's the case with many of their operations, are there more public accounts of them doing this?

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Post by ProAm »

addicted wrote: post #6
ProAm wrote: post #5

This is horrific. Just reading the findings and conclusions section is astounding. Embarrassing and shameful day for the USA.

I am pretty sure today isn't the shameful day.

I'm pretty ashamed today as a US citizen, but I get what you are saying. Sad thing is I bet we are still doing this.

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Post by secfirstmd »

Glad that it's released but years too late.

The idea that policy-makers did not know what was going on is ridiculous. The reality is many did not want to know and where more concerned about the post 9/11 political environment instead of standing up for what was right.

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Post by mikeyouse »

theandrewbailey wrote: post #9

If anyone has senators on the Intelligence Committee (like Feinstein D-CA), write or call your senator and tell them that they made the right choice. Members: http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/memberscurrent.html

Not all members of the committee deserve your appreciation..

> The 6,000-page report was researched and written by Democratic staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee between 2009 and 2013 after committee Republicans chose not to participate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/us/politics/q-and-a-about-...

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Post by fnordfnordfnord »

Local and national news TV programs have been going on for days about how all of our embassies are on "High Alert" in anticipation of violence directed at them/us on the basis of what's in the report. I take that by itself as an admission that the government's conduct has been what should be considered unacceptable, and is probably only "lawful" in the most meaningless sense of the word (if at all).

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Post by revelation »

Best part is page 403:

"most of them [CIA personnel] do not know that when the wpost/ny times quotes 'senior intel official,' it's us... authorized and directed by opa [Office of Public Affairs]."

Of course everyone with half a brain knows this, it's funny 1) CIA personnel don't and 2) the WPost and NYT continue this practice of citing anonymous sources that are in reality public speakers, giving a carefully designed statement.

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Post by mladenkovacevic »

Loughla wrote: post #10

Why do they insist on saying 'enhanced interrogation technique' instead of torture? Even when it obviously means torture: "Another senior CIA officer stated that COBALT was itself an enhanced interrogation technique." When talking about a physical place. That is so blatant word replacement that I find it hard to take it seriously.

I think one of the conditions for the release of this report was to erase any mention of the word "torture".

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Post by nraynaud »

kyleblarson wrote: post #8
sbierwagen wrote: post #3

I didn't know this was actually going to get declassified! Apparently it's a legit release, not a leak: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/12/08/...

I'm pleasantly surprised too. Next on my wish list is for the Nobel Committee to rescind their Obama peace prize. Fingers crossed...

he stopped it.
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