12/09/2014
Highlights:
CIA Methods of Torture
CIA Knew Interrogation Techniques Were Illegal, Asked DOJ for Immunity from Prosecution
CIA Torture Program Cost Well Over $300 Million, Including Millions in Cash to Foreign Government Officials to Host Clandestine Detention Sites
Innocent People Detained and Tortured
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/543629188457316353
More Waterboarding, and More Brutal, Than Previously Known
"Waterboard" is mentioned 275 times in the report, which is technically just a "summary" of the official, classified report.
Gul Rahman Froze to Death After Being Made to Sit on a Concrete Floor Without Pants
"Rectal Rehydration/Feeding," Threats to Rape and Kill Detainees' Mothers
On At Least 2 Occasions, CIA Conducted "Mock Executions" of Prisoners
CIA Officer Played "Russian Roulette" with Prisoner
"[CIA Officer 2] Placed a Pistol Near al-Nashiri's Head and Operated a Cordless Drill Near al-Nashiri's Body"
In 20-Day Period, Abu Zubaydah Spent 11 Days-2 Hours in Coffin Size Box and 29 Hours in 2.5 Foot Box
KSM Sleep Deprivation for 180 Hours
Torturing Detainees with Broken and Prosthetic Legs
Torture Tactics Caused Detainees to Develop Psychosis, Leading to Hallucinations, Paranoia and Attempts to Self-Mutilate
Janat Gul Tortured for Months Based on a False Accusation Made Under Duress by Another Prisoner
CIA Interrogators Got Tired of Torturing Abu Zubaydah, So They Put Him in Isolation and Took a 47-Day Vacation
The Rough Takedown
Diapers
Psychologists Played Key Role in Torture Program, Then Profited Greatly
CIA Detained/Tortured 2 Foreigners Working for a "Partner Government" Allied with Agency
CIA Prison Site Known as COBALT Described as a "Dungeon," Detainees Shackled with "Only a Bucket to Use for Human Waste"
Federal Bureau of Prisons Staff Were "WOW'ed" by the Depravity of COBALT Prison
Torture a Huge Net Minus in Terms of Actually Gathering Intelligence
Destruction of "Zero Dark Thirty" Scenario, Torture Did Not Provide Information That Led to Finding Osama bin Laden
Torture Used to Extract False Information to Justify Iraq War
Former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice Deeply Involved in Evaluating Use of Waterboarding and "Staged Burial"
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Repeatedly Misled Congress About Degree and Extent of Torture
"Israeli Example" and "Ticking Time Bomb" Scenario: CIA Cited Israel Supreme Court Rulings to Justify Torture
Mainstream Media Role in Torture
White House Withheld Approximately 9,400 CIA Torture Documents from Senate
h/t Glenn Greenwald/TheIntercept/Jason Leopold/VICE/Matt Taibbi/RollingStone/Spencer Ackerman/Gregory Krieg/PolicyMic/JohnSifton/JustSecurity/WashingtonPost/Haaretz
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