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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
CIA interrogators sought a truth serum to use on Al-Qaeda prisoners in addition to waterboarding and other torture techniques after the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to formerly top secret documents released Tuesday.
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Gina Haspel Sworn In As First Woman CIA Director Despite Torture Claims
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Gina Haspel as the next CIA director after several Democrats were persuaded to support her despite lingering concerns about the role she played in the brutal interrogation of suspected terrorists captured after 9/11.
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Donald Trump's CIA Pick Promises Agency Will Not Engage In Torture
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA will promise lawmakers on Wednesday she will never resume a program of harsh interrogations, often denounced as torture, that has been the major issue complicating her confirmation.
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CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces Grilling Over Torture Record
Facing tough opposition over her own record, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel will pledge Wednesday to never revive the interrogation program that saw Al-Qaeda detainees tortured.
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The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.
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Gina Haspel Could Be The First Woman To Lead CIA
Gina Haspel, nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the CIA, is a black ops veteran who once ran a secret interrogation operation in Thailand accused of torturing detainees.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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US Supreme Court Opts To Leave CIA 'Torture Report' Secret
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.
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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks waterboarding and other interrogation techniques widely seen as torture -- and prohibited by law -- "absolutely" work, but would refer to his CIA and Pentagon chiefs on whether to reinstate them.
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Donald Trump Administration Could Reinstate Secret, Overseas CIA Prisons
US President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to interrogate terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons using techniques that have been condemned as torture, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Barack Obama To Archive Torture Report, Declassify After 12 Years
President Barack Obama on Monday turned down a request from some senators to declassify a Senate report documenting the CIA's harsh treatment of detainees after 9/11.
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CIA Gave Romania Millions To Host Secret Prisons: Lawyer
The CIA paid Romania "millions of dollars" to host secret prisons, a rights lawyer said Wednesday as the European Court of Human Rights heard accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects in a secret renditions program under President George W. Bush.
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Psychologists Behind CIA Interrogation Tactics Deny Torture
The acknowledgement by two former Air Force psychologists that they used waterboarding and other harsh tactics against detainees in the war on terror is a striking development, according to a human rights lawyer.
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US Group Says George Bush Should Be Investigated for Torture Conspiracy
Former president George W. Bush and a raft of senior US officials from his administration should be investigated for conspiracy to torture and for other crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Man Accused Of Aiding 9/11 Attack "Too Mentally Damaged" For Trial: US Judge
A judge at the US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday ruled that a Yemeni detainee who was tortured by the CIA is unfit to stand trial in a death-penalty case.
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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
CIA interrogators sought a truth serum to use on Al-Qaeda prisoners in addition to waterboarding and other torture techniques after the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to formerly top secret documents released Tuesday.
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Gina Haspel Sworn In As First Woman CIA Director Despite Torture Claims
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Gina Haspel as the next CIA director after several Democrats were persuaded to support her despite lingering concerns about the role she played in the brutal interrogation of suspected terrorists captured after 9/11.
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Donald Trump's CIA Pick Promises Agency Will Not Engage In Torture
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA will promise lawmakers on Wednesday she will never resume a program of harsh interrogations, often denounced as torture, that has been the major issue complicating her confirmation.
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CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces Grilling Over Torture Record
Facing tough opposition over her own record, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel will pledge Wednesday to never revive the interrogation program that saw Al-Qaeda detainees tortured.
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The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.
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Gina Haspel Could Be The First Woman To Lead CIA
Gina Haspel, nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the CIA, is a black ops veteran who once ran a secret interrogation operation in Thailand accused of torturing detainees.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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US Supreme Court Opts To Leave CIA 'Torture Report' Secret
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.
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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks waterboarding and other interrogation techniques widely seen as torture -- and prohibited by law -- "absolutely" work, but would refer to his CIA and Pentagon chiefs on whether to reinstate them.
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Donald Trump Administration Could Reinstate Secret, Overseas CIA Prisons
US President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to interrogate terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons using techniques that have been condemned as torture, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Barack Obama To Archive Torture Report, Declassify After 12 Years
President Barack Obama on Monday turned down a request from some senators to declassify a Senate report documenting the CIA's harsh treatment of detainees after 9/11.
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CIA Gave Romania Millions To Host Secret Prisons: Lawyer
The CIA paid Romania "millions of dollars" to host secret prisons, a rights lawyer said Wednesday as the European Court of Human Rights heard accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects in a secret renditions program under President George W. Bush.
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Psychologists Behind CIA Interrogation Tactics Deny Torture
The acknowledgement by two former Air Force psychologists that they used waterboarding and other harsh tactics against detainees in the war on terror is a striking development, according to a human rights lawyer.
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US Group Says George Bush Should Be Investigated for Torture Conspiracy
Former president George W. Bush and a raft of senior US officials from his administration should be investigated for conspiracy to torture and for other crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
