The cias harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the bush era didnt work and were more brutal, according to a senate report released tuesday. Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and. Senate intelligence committee report on cia s detention and interrogation program the more than 500 pages that were released are a redacted portion of a classified 6,700page report. The release included redacted versions of the committees executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views.
The more than 500 pages that were released are a redacted portion of a classified 6,700page report. Dec 12, 2014 cia s june 20 response to the ssci study on the former detention and interrogation program pdf 5. Dec 09, 2014 t hirteen years after the 911 attacks on the u. Cia chief nominee vows not to restart interrogation program. Torture report describes cia interrogation program time. 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 cia s detention and interrogation program and its use of various forms of torture enhanced interrogation techniques in u. United states senate select committee on intelligence. This is the executive summary of the committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program, a u. Slidepdf as noted in the study, cia sought to fill the vacuum in its rdi capabilities in part by turning to. Dec 09, 2014 an exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program that produced little valuable intelligence. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture.
The public never knew the full extent of the horrific torture methods used by the cia after 911. Senate intelligence committee presses cia to release torture. The experimental nature of the interrogation and detention techniques is clearly evident in the senate intelligence committees executive summary of its investigative report, despite redactions insisted upon by the cia to obfuscate the locations of these laboratories of cruel science and the identities of. The longanticipated torture report released by the senate reveals the cia misled congress and the white house about harsh interrogation tactics.
Us senate report on cia interrogations condemns torture. The cia began interrogation training more than seven months after taking custody of abu zubaydah, and more than three months after the cia began using its enhanced interrogation techniques. Senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf internet archive. The twoway the report is the most comprehensive account of interrogation techniques. Cia fact sheet regarding the ssci study on the former. Sep 09, 2015 interrogation program report is probably the longest senate report ever published.
The official senate cia torture report free government. Senate select committee on intelligence ssci is releasing a declassified 500pluspage executive summary of its longawaited report on the cia s interrogation and detention program in the years after september 11. The cia represented to the white house, the national security council, the department of justice, the cia office of inspector general, the congress, and the public that the best measure of effectiveness of the cias enhanced interrogation techniques was examples of specific terrorist plots thwarted and specific terrorists captured as a result. Comments on the senate select committee on intelligences study ofthe central. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture wikipedia. It was conducted between 2002 and 2009, with the authorization of officials in the bush administrations white house and the department of justice. Enhanced interrogation techniques amnesty international usa. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the official senate report on cia. Al jazeera has learned from sources familiar with its contents that the committees report alleges that at least one highvalue detainee. Senate torture report foia american civil liberties union. Haydens testimony to the senate select committee on intelligence on april 12, 2007, compared with the extensive summary on the cia s interrogation and. Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of cia practices tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation.
I am filing today the full classified report with the senate in its final form. 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. Collins views on senate intelligence committee report. Dec 19, 2014 human experimentation was a core feature of the cia s torture program. Report on cia accountability with respect to the 911 attacks. 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 cia s detention and interrogation program and its use of various forms of enhanced interrogation techniques in u. Cias detention and interrogation program to the president for.
A senate report found that cia interrogation tactics, employed for days or weeks at a time, never led to the collection of imminent threat intelligence. The study found that american torture was not confined to a handful of. Senate report on cia interrogation methods has tortured. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. The committee makes the following findings and conclusions.
Senate report claims cia misled on interrogation program. Who is daniel jones from the report inside the senate. Interrogation program report is probably the longest senate report ever published. Senate intelligence committee report on cias detention and interrogation program. 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 torture enhanced interrogation techniques in u. Mar 18, 2014 a stillclassified report on the cia s interrogation program established in the wake of 911 sparked a furious row last week between the agency and senate intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein. Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf download see other formats. Us senate report on cia detention interrogation program. A democratled senate panel released a scathing report tuesday on cia interrogation practices amid warnings from lawmakers that the findings could endanger the lives of americans a concern. Report says cia misled congress, white house on interrogation program.
As the world awaited the us senate report on the cias detention and interrogation programme under the george w bush administration, there. The official senate cia torture report stanford libraries. Dec 07, 2019 the main focus of the film is jones five years spent compiling the senate report on cia use of eit, or enhanced interrogation techniques. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program paperback december 30, 2014. The report was released today by the senate intelligence committee.
Rise and fall of cias overseas prisons traced in senate. A report by the senate intelligence committee concludes that the cia misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for. Al jazeera has learned from sources familiar with its contents that the committees report alleges that at least one highvalue detainee was subjected to torture techniques that went. The senate intelligence committees report on the cias detention. Aug 31, 2018 the cia began interrogation training more than seven months after taking custody of abu zubaydah, and more than three months after the cia began using its enhanced interrogation techniques.
Intelligence report on the rendition, detention, and interrogation. In 2009 the senate armed services committee published a report pdf detailing the abuse of detainees under the jurisdiction of the department of defense and the u. A stillclassified report on the cias interrogation program established in the wake of 911 sparked a furious row last week between the agency and senate intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein. According to the senate report, the cia s own records found that seven of 39 detainees subjected to especially aggressive interrogation yielded no intelligence, and that others provided useful. Now available to the public for the first time, the senate s landmark torture report delivers a damning indictment on cia interrogation practices. Report of the select committee on intelligence united states senate covering the period january 3, 2017 to january 3, 2019 march 28, 2019 s. Cia deceived government on torture program according to. Us senate report on cia interrogations condemns torture tactics. Finally declassified and released after five years in the making, the senate intelligence committees report on the cia s torture program, which. Senate panel releases scathing report on cia interrogations. Gina haspel, president donald trumpspick to be the next cia director, pledged wednesday she would not restart the cia s detention and interrogation program and that she would not follow an order that she found morally objectionable.
The cia experimented on human beings midnight in the desert. On april 3, 2014, the senate select committee on intelligence voted to send the. I joined the senate intelligence committee after this report was completed, and i share concerns about the process for developing it. The cia has claimed only about 30 detainees fell under the mercy of. Dec 09, 2014 as the world awaited the us senate report on the cia s detention and interrogation programme under the george w bush administration, there was very little introspection in europe. The senate intelligence committee report on torture. U on december 11, 2007, the senate select committee on intelligence the. This the us senate select committee on intelligence committee report on cia torture programs that were set in place post 911.
Senate select committee on intelligence released its study of the cias detention and interrogation program foreword, findings, and conclusions, and executive summary. 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. Source document contributed to documentcloud by wilson andrews the new york times. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program. Haydens testimony to the senate select committee on intelligence on april 12, 2007, compared with the extensive summary on the cias interrogation and. The cias use of its enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of. The full torture report is the most comprehensive account of the torture program to date. Senate report condemns cia harsh interrogations cbc news. Mar 31, 2014 a report by the senate intelligence committee concludes that the cia misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for years concealing details about. 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.
Enhanced interrogation explained the cias detention and interrogation program allowed the use of socalled enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees captured after 911. Cia director george tenet issued formal guidelines for interrogations and conditions of confinement at detention sites in january 2003, by which time 40. An exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program. Senate select committee on intelligence released its study of the cia s detention and interrogation program foreword, findings, and conclusions, and executive summary. Senate report on cia torture open society foundations. Slidepdf as noted in the study, cia sought to fill the vacuum in its rdi capabilities in part by. Now available to the public for the first time, the senates landmark torture report delivers a damning indictment on cia interrogation practices. The ssci report is not the first official accounting of harsh interrogation methods conducted during the bush administration, but it is the first to examine the cias role. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program is a report compiled by the bipartisan united states senate. As stated, the committee study of the cias detention and interrogation program is a lengthy, highly detailed report exceeding 6,700 pages. Cias june 20 response to the ssci study on the former detention and interrogation program pdf 5. The senate intelligence committees report on the cias detention and interrogation program. Finally declassified and released after five years in the making, the senate intelligence committees report on the cias torture program, which. Cia misled on interrogation program, senate report says the.
Dec 07, 2014 the ssci report is not the first official accounting of harsh interrogation methods conducted during the bush administration, but it is the first to examine the cia s role. Cias june 20 response to the ssci study on the former. Cia misled on interrogation program, senate report says. The senates probe, which yielded a yetunreleased 6,300page report, also found that the cia distorted how many detainees it held in black site prisons throughout the world and how many were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques many amount to torture. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Senator susan collins issued this statement following the release of the senate select committee on intelligences report on the cia s detention and interrogation program. In december 2014, the ssci sent the full torture report to several executive branch agencies. Senate select committee on intelligence ssci is releasing a declassified 500pluspage executive summary of its longawaited report on the cias interrogation and detention program in the years after september 11.
An important read and source material for people working on this issue from diverse background. A senate report on the central intelligence agency s post911 interrogation program concludes the agency misrepresented the program to both the justice department and congress, the wall street. Senate report finds cia interrogation tactics were ineffective. As stated, the committee study of the cia s detention and interrogation program is a lengthy, highly detailed report exceeding 6,700 pages. In response to evidence that the cia misled the ssci about the interrogation program and destroyed. Committee study of the central intelligence agency. Dec 20, 20 almost exactly a year ago, the senate intelligence committee approved, by a 96 bipartisan vote, a 6,300page inquiry into brutal interrogations conducted by the cia on suspected alqaida detainees. Ordered to be printed contents page letter of transmittal to senate from chairman. Senate report condemns cia harsh interrogations cbc. This was a system of twelve procedures used by the cia.
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