Senate report on cia detention interrogation program that details the use of torture during cia detention and interrogation. Dec 07, 2019 on november 26, 2001, attorneys in the cia s office of general counsel circulated a draft legal memorandum describing the criminal prohibition on torture and a potential novel legal defense for cia officers who engaged in torture. 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. Senate intelligence committee presses cia to release torture. All the agencys assertions that torture somehow stopped terrorist plots or led us to osama bin laden were false, and sometimes knowingly so. The recent senate intelligence committees report on cia torture is arguably the single most important u. In its most important contribution, the senate report sifts through some six million classified documents to rebut the cias claim that torture produced important intelligence.
Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf download see other formats. 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 complete document consists of a 6000 page report, which remains classified. This is the executive summary of the committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program, a u. The senate intelligence committee report on torture. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture wikipedia. Read the senate intelligence committees damning findings. Dec 09, 2014 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. The official senate cia torture report free government. 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. Evaluating the senate select intelligence committees torture.
The report was compiled by the senate select committee on intelligence ssci, the senate committee charged with conducting oversight of the cia s secret activities. The senate report on cia torture the basic facts human. Topics cia, torture, crime, terror, war on terror, document, pdf, download, free download collection opensource language. 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.
Committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program paperback december 30, 2014. 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. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program is a report compiled by the bipartisan united states senate. Senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf internet archive. Pressure is building on the cia to release one of the most potentially explosive documents of the post911 era. The memorandum stated that the cia could argue that the torture was necessary to prevent imminent, significant.
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 cias role. Redacted december 2014 agency accountability board report pdf 12. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys 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. In december 2014, the ssci sent the full torture report to several executive branch agencies. The report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Report on cia accountability with respect to the 911 attacks. I am filing today the full classified report with the senate in its final form. Ts nf on the day that abu zubaydah was captured, cia attorneys discussed interpretations of the criminal prohibition on torture that might permit cia officers to engage in certain interrogation activities. Slidepdf as noted in the study, cia sought to fill the vacuum in its rdi capabilities in part by. 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. An exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program.
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The report, written by the senate intelligence committees democratic staff, examines the cias use of torture during the bush administration. Dec 09, 2014 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. The huge new senate report on cia torture, explained vox. Washington, dc the us senate intelligence committees report summary on the central intelligence agency cia detention and interrogation program is a. The study found that american torture was not confined to a handful of. 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 release included redacted versions of the committees executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views. How to read the senate report on cia torture history news. Report says cia misled congress, white house on interrogation program. Senate publish report on cia torture and misinformation. A longawaited senate report concludes that the cia repeatedly misled the public, congress and the white house about the agencys aggressive questioning of detainees including waterboarding.
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The senate intelligence committee report on torture by senate. The committee has released a 525page unclassified summary version for public distribution as well as the executive summary of the full 6000 page report. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Dec 09, 2014 the report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Dec 09, 2014 the executive summary of the senate intelligence committees report on cia torture was released on tuesday morning. Senate intelligence committee releases 525page report on cia interrogation and detention activities. This is a report based on interviews with officials who have read the torture report. The senate report found cia officials gave the new york times information about the interrogation of detainee abu zubaydah that directly conflicted the agencys records. The cia s concerns about custody at guantanamo bay, cuba, included the general lack of secrecy and the possible loss of control to us military.