The senate intelligence committee released its report on the torture including waterboarding of prisoners held by the cia during the george w. March 15, 2018 what the senate intelligence committee report on cia torture teaches us about soontobe cia director gina haspel by peter clark. 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. Senate intelligence committee report on cia interrogation senate intelligence committee minority report. Oig report on cia accountability with respect to the 911 attacks august 21, 2007 pdf only 989kb 2003. The committee makes the following findings and conclusions.
Senate report slams cia torture, lies, human rights watch news. 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 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 global reaction to the reports release has been muted, possibly due to the fact that before the release of the report, substantial amounts of information about the united states use of torture and other cruel interrogation methods had already been made public, including a cia inspector general report, and a senate armed services. The official senate cia torture report stanford libraries. The senate intelligence committee made 20 findings and conclusions, with four central themes.
Mondays frontpage washington post article about the senate intelligence committees report on the bush administrations enhancedinterrogation program has received a lot of favorable press. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program senate select committee on intelligence, feinstein, dianne on. The full report should be used by the central intelligence agency and. The senate report found cia officials gave the new york times information about the interrogation of detainee abu zubaydah. Senate intelligence committee releases report on cia torture. Release of the report, with appropriate redactions, can help prevent torture from happening again. Committee study of the central intelligence agency. Senate intelligence committee presses cia to release. In other languages this page was last edited on 7 december 2019, at 12. Government printing office gpo makes available the official and authentic digital and print versions of the report of the senate select committee on intelligence committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program, together with a forward by chairman feinstein and additional. 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 us senate select committee on intelligence has released its report on the cias detention and interrogation program. Feinstein statement on cia detention, interrogation report. Pressure is building on the cia to release one of the most potentially explosive documents of the post911 era. How to read the senate report on cia torture history. Submission to the united nations committee against torture list of. The senate intelligence committee adopted its 6,000page report on the cias secret detention and interrogation program, which concluded abusive methods were ineffective, and a. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture. Senate select committee on intelligence july 3, 2018 the senate select committee on intelligence ssci is conducting a bipartisan. The report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Ciasuseofjournalists andclergyin intelligenceoperations y4.
Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and interrogation program. The cias use of its enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective. Cia director mike pompeo will be sliding over to serve as secretary of state, and his deputy gina haspel will take the reins at the agency this is a fucking terrible idea. An independent book publisher is offering a free online edition of the senate report on. The study found that american torture was not confined to a handful of. Cia deceived government on torture program according to. Joint hearing before the select committee on intelligence and the subcommittee on health and scientific research of the committee on human resources, united state senate, ninetyfifth congress, first session. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Archived central intelligence agency fleet alternative fuel use and vehicle acquisition reports.
The release included redacted versions of the committee. Director of central intelligence annual report for the united states intelligence community, 2003. The cia in the post911 world please visit this link. The senate intelligence committee report on torture. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. Senate intelligence committee releases report on cia detention, interrogation program washingtonsenate intelligence committee chairman dianne feinstein dcalif. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and. Report senate select committee on intelligence senate. Senate report on cia interrogation methods has tortured. Redacted december 2014 agency accountability board report pdf 12.
Washington the senate intelligence committees release tuesday of a searing report condemning the cias use of torture against suspected terrorists. Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf download see other formats. 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. A classified us senate probe into the cias post911 interrogation program found that the agency purposely deceived the us justice department to attain legal justification for use of torture techniques, according to a new report.
The cia released its response to the senate intelligence committees report about the agencys detention and interrogation program. Senate report on cia torture open society foundations. Read full pbs newshour coverage of the report here. Senate website of senator richard burr of north carolina. Us senate report on cia detention interrogation program. The public has the right to know the facts about our nations use of torture. Cia suseofjournalists andclergyin intelligenceoperations y4. Read the senate intelligence committees damning findings. The official senate cia torture report free government. Committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. The recent senate intelligence committees report on cia torture is arguably the single most important u.
An exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program. This fact sheet outlines the points presented in the senate report on the cias interrogation and detention program in the years after. The cia in the post911 world for kindle by philip mudd. Senate democrats release scathing cia torture report. What the senate intelligence committee report on cia. 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. Senate intelligence committee releases report on cia. The full report is more than 6,000 pages and remains classified. Project mkultra, the cias program of research into behavioral modification. Senate intelligence committee report concludes the cia misled policymakers and the public, enhanced interrogation techniques were not effective. The complete document consists of a 6000 page report, which remains classified. The senate intelligence committee released hundreds of pages of a report on secret cia torture practices conducted over seven years at hidden sites around the world after the 911 attacks. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program.
Intelligence report on the ias rendition, 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 enhanced interrogation techniques in u. Report on torture available for free download on wednesday. The committee has released a 525page unclassified summary version for public distribution as well as the executive summary of the full 6000 page report. List of illustrations and tables ix member list xi staff list xiiixiv preface xv 1. Full story download pdf 65 mb read the cias response. Yet even with all its richly revealing detail about the cias recourse to torture since 911, the reports impact on the ongoing us debate over impunity is muted by some serious failings. Senate select committee on intelligence july 3, 2018. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the official senate report on cia. Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf.
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