The release of the full torture report is necessary to illuminate the programs legal and moral failings, the cia s evasions and misrepresentations to congress, the white house, and the american public, and to make sure the cia never again engages in unlawful detention and torture. The united states senate select committee on intelligence sometimes referred to as the intelligence committee or ssci is dedicated to overseeing the united states intelligence communitythe agencies and bureaus of the federal government of the united states who provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches. What you need to know about the senates cia torture report. Senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf internet archive. How to read the senate report on cia torture history. Senate select committee on intelligence july 3, 2018. Techniques used by the cia included threatening to sexually assault a detainees. Comments on the senate select committee on intelligences study ofthe central. 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. The senate intelligence committee has released its longawaited torture report, which details finds from a threeandahalf year investigation into.
The committee make s the following findings and conclusions. Submission to the united nations committee against torture list of. 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. What is in the senate intelligence committee report on cia. I began my service on the senate intelligence committee in january 2001. Dec 09, 2014 the report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Dec 09, 2014 the us senate has released the executive summary of a longwithheld report on harsh interrogation techniques used by the cia in the post911 era.
The release of the senate s study of the cia s detention and interrogation program presents some interesting issues for government documents collections. Senate select committee on intelligence july 3, 2018 the senate select committee on intelligence ssci is conducting a bipartisan. The senate report found cia officials gave the new york. Dec 09, 2014 washington the senate intelligence committees release tuesday of a searing report condemning the cias use of torture against suspected terrorists reignited the decadeold debate about how. 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. Us senate report on cia detention interrogation program. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and interrogation program. The official senate cia torture report free government.
Dec 20, 20 pressure is building on the cia to release one of the most potentially explosive documents of the post911 era. Release of the report, with appropriate redactions, can help prevent torture from happening again. Dianne feinstein on tuesday released her committees findings on cia torture, which found the agencys post911 embrace of torture to be brutal and ineffective. The comprehensive report has come to be known in shorthand as the cia torture report. The senate intelligence committees report on cia torture. Senate publish report on cia torture and misinformation. The public has the right to know the facts about our nations use of torture. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program senate select committee on intelligence, feinstein, dianne on. Dec 09, 2014 the comprehensive report has come to be known in shorthand as the cia torture report. Part one by tom carter 16 december 2014 this is the first of three articles summarizing the contents of the unclassified. The 525page executive summary of the senate intelligence committee s longanticipated report on the cia s use of torture following the september 11, 2001, attacks was released today after years. Pressure is building on the cia to release one of the most potentially explosive documents of the post911 era. Dec 30, 2014 the senate intelligence committee report on torture paperback committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program.
Read the senate intelligence committees damning findings. The 525page executive summary of the senate intelligence committees 6,700page report on cia torture is an exposition of a criminal operation to. Key takeaways from the cia torture report human rights first. 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. The cia responds to the senate intelligence committees study of its detention and interrogation program. Senate torture report foia american civil liberties union. Floor statement by senator john mccain on senate intelligence committee report on cia interrogation methods december 9, 2014 washington, d.
The full classified report will be maintained by the committee and has been provided to the executive branch for dissemination to all relevant agencies. The report also notes the interrogation of mohammad rahim resulted in no disseminated intelligence reports. Dec 09, 2014 world the senate committees report on the c. A contentious 6,000 page report from the senate intelligence committee alleges the cias enhanced interrogation program was ineffective, but the agency misled congress to keep it going. With addition of errata pages, chart issued by commitee. Senate intelligence committee report on cia torture. The committees investigation began in 2009 and three. Committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and. The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the cia. An exhaustive report by the senate intelligence committee found the cia tortured suspected terrorists in a brutal and mismanaged program. Th ciae s use of its enhanced interrogatio techniquen was s not an effective means of acquiring intelligenc oer gaining cooperation from detainees.
The senate intelligence committees report on the cias treatment of detainees. The senate intelligence committee released its report on the torture including waterboarding of prisoners held by the cia during the george w. Senate select committee on intelligence released its study of the cias detention and interrogation program foreword, findings, and conclusions, and executive summary. Full text of senate report on cia torture 2014 pdf. The executive summary of the senate intelligence committees torture report was made public this morning and is currently being presented by senator dianne feinstein to. Intelligence report on the ias rendition, detention and interrogation program.
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Dec 09, 2014 news world americas cia torture report in full. The 525page executive summary of the senate intelligence committees longanticipated report on the cias use of torture following the september 11, 2001, attacks was released today after years. The recent senate intelligence committees report on cia torture is arguably the single most important u. The committee study of the central intelligence agencys detention and interrogation program is a report compiled by the bipartisan united states senate. Source document contributed to documentcloud by tish wells mcclatchy washington bureau. Committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program. Read the senate intelligence committee s damning findings. The release included redacted versions of the committees executive summary and findings and conclusions, as well as additional and minority views. Slidepdf as noted in the study, cia sought to fill the vacuum in its rdi. Supporters of declassifying the senate select committee on.
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The full report should be used by the central intelligence agency and. 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. The full senate should back the senate intelligence committee in invoking its power to declassify the cia torture report and other wrongfully classified documents that the public has a right to see. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the official senate report on. The report says the agency routinely misled the white house and congress about the information it obtained from the detention. The executive summary of the senate intelligence committees torture report was made public this morning and is currently. The report was released today by the senate intelligence committee. Based on more than six million pages of classified cia documents, this report details the. The fallout from the senate intelligence committees report on the cias detention and interrogation program continues, as its critics and defenders go toetotoe. This the us senate select committee on intelligence committee report on cia torture programs that were set in place post 911. Senate intelligence committee study on cia detention and. The official senate cia torture report stanford libraries.
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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. Oct 17, 2019 this is the executive summary of the committee study of the central intelligence agency s detention and interrogation program, a u. This is the complete official summary report of the senate intelligence committees investigation of central intelligence agency interrogation and detention programs launched in the wake of the 911 attacks. Senate intelligence committee releases report on cia torture. Cia and fbi on the assessment that putin and the russian government aspired to. Apart from redactions needed to protect specific individuals and to honor specific diplomatic agreements, the executive branch should declassify evidence regarding the cias and militarys abuse and torture of captives, including, but not limited to. The committees investigation began in 2009 and three years later morphed into a 6,300 page report with. The senate intelligence committee released a report on bush era torture tactics today.
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