Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 12/14/2014

DEAR FRIEND.....

TORTURE: YES WE DID

Tears Apart The CIA's Past Claims... Lied About Brutality, Effectiveness... Torture Led To Fabricated Info On Critical Terrorist Threats... KEY FINDINGS... 'Well-Worn Waterboard'... Forced Rectal Feeding... 'Nudity, Insult Slaps, Facial Holds, Walling, Stress Positions'... Waterboarding Sessions Brought Officers 'To The Point Of Tears'... OBAMA: 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques' Were 'Inconsistent With Our Values'... CIA FURY: 'Too Many Flaws' In Report... Feinstein: 'Far Worse Than The CIA Represented'... Her Remarks Live... FULL REPORT... The U.S. Is A Human Rights Violator Of The First Order Under International Law, A Rogue State That Has Explicitly Tortured Innocent People And Never Held Anyone Legally Responsible...

On Tuesday the Senate Intelligence Committee released the highly anticipated 500-page summary of its report on the CIA's post-9/11 torture program, providing a sobering glimpse into one of the darkest chapters in the U.S. government's history. In the report, a product of a 5-year investigation, Senate investigators reveal sordid details of the systemic and individual failures by the agency personnel who ran the "enhanced interrogation program" -- the government's euphemism for systematic torture -- during the George W. Bush administration. The program involved capturing terrorism suspects and shipping them to secret overseas prisons, where they were subjected to techniques such as waterboarding.

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Krent Able, Words — December 11, 2014 — Vice.com