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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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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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After Hacking Controversy, CIA Watchdog Resigns
The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
The lawmaker behind the explosive US Senate report on enhanced interrogation techniques presented several torture prevention proposals on Monday to US President Barack Obama including a ban on the CIA holding detainees.
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Half of America Believe CIA Interrogation Methods Justified: Poll
About half of Americans believe that the CIA was justified in its harsh interrogation methods of "war on terror" detainees, a poll found Monday, days after a damning US report revealed harrowing details of torture.
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Guantanamo Hearings for 9/11 Plotters Postponed
The first open pre-trial hearings with accused 9/11 plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh since the release of a damning Senate report on CIA torture have been postponed until February, officials said.
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Author of Interrogation Memo Says CIA Maybe Went Too Far
As former Vice President Dick Cheney argued on Sunday that the CIA's aggressive interrogation of terrorism suspects did not amount to torture, the man who provided the legal rationale for the programme said that in some cases it had perhaps gone too far.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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Publisher to Release CIA Torture Report in Book Form
An independent publisher in New York is releasing the US Senate report on the CIA and torture as a 480-page book, saying it needs to be seen by as many readers as possible.
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George Bush Misled Nation in Run-Up to Iraq War, Says Senator Carl Levin
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee released new information on Thursday that he claims is evidence that the Bush Administration misled the nation in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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CIA Chief Admits Agency Used 'Abhorrent' Methods on Detainees
CIA Director John Brennan said on Thursday some agency officers used "abhorrent" methods on detainees captured following the Sept. 11 attacks and said it was "unknowable" whether so-called enhanced interrogation techniques yielded useful intelligence.
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George W Bush Knew About CIA Torture, Says Dick Cheney
Former US President George W Bush was fully aware of and an "integral part" of the CIA's torture of terror suspects, his Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday.
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CIA Fights Back After Torture Report
Top spies past and present campaigned on Wednesday to discredit the Senate's investigation into the CIA's harrowing torture practices after 9/11.
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Did Torture Really Help US Find Al Qaeda Chief Hambali?
Hailed as a major success in the US "war on terror," the capture of Indonesian cleric Hambali if often touted by the US intelligence community as evidence that harsh interrogation produces results.
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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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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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After Hacking Controversy, CIA Watchdog Resigns
The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
The lawmaker behind the explosive US Senate report on enhanced interrogation techniques presented several torture prevention proposals on Monday to US President Barack Obama including a ban on the CIA holding detainees.
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Half of America Believe CIA Interrogation Methods Justified: Poll
About half of Americans believe that the CIA was justified in its harsh interrogation methods of "war on terror" detainees, a poll found Monday, days after a damning US report revealed harrowing details of torture.
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Guantanamo Hearings for 9/11 Plotters Postponed
The first open pre-trial hearings with accused 9/11 plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh since the release of a damning Senate report on CIA torture have been postponed until February, officials said.
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Author of Interrogation Memo Says CIA Maybe Went Too Far
As former Vice President Dick Cheney argued on Sunday that the CIA's aggressive interrogation of terrorism suspects did not amount to torture, the man who provided the legal rationale for the programme said that in some cases it had perhaps gone too far.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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Publisher to Release CIA Torture Report in Book Form
An independent publisher in New York is releasing the US Senate report on the CIA and torture as a 480-page book, saying it needs to be seen by as many readers as possible.
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George Bush Misled Nation in Run-Up to Iraq War, Says Senator Carl Levin
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee released new information on Thursday that he claims is evidence that the Bush Administration misled the nation in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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CIA Chief Admits Agency Used 'Abhorrent' Methods on Detainees
CIA Director John Brennan said on Thursday some agency officers used "abhorrent" methods on detainees captured following the Sept. 11 attacks and said it was "unknowable" whether so-called enhanced interrogation techniques yielded useful intelligence.
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George W Bush Knew About CIA Torture, Says Dick Cheney
Former US President George W Bush was fully aware of and an "integral part" of the CIA's torture of terror suspects, his Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday.
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CIA Fights Back After Torture Report
Top spies past and present campaigned on Wednesday to discredit the Senate's investigation into the CIA's harrowing torture practices after 9/11.
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Did Torture Really Help US Find Al Qaeda Chief Hambali?
Hailed as a major success in the US "war on terror," the capture of Indonesian cleric Hambali if often touted by the US intelligence community as evidence that harsh interrogation produces results.
