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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
- Wednesday November 14, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
- Wednesday March 21, 2018
- World News | Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
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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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
- Wednesday October 18, 2017
- World News | Reuters
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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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
- Thursday January 26, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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
- Wednesday January 25, 2017
- World News | Reuters
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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Donald Trump Backs Waterboarding And 'A Lot More' After Brussels Attacks
- Wednesday March 23, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques when questioning terror suspects, and renewed his call for tougher US border security after the attacks in Brussels.
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Trump: 'I Think Islam Hates Us.'
- Thursday March 10, 2016
- World News | Jose A. DelReal, The Washington Post
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes "Islam hates us," and called on the United States to "expand" laws on using enhanced interrogation techniques against terrorist groups.
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
- Tuesday January 6, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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CIA Chief Admits Agency Used 'Abhorrent' Methods on Detainees
- Friday December 12, 2014
- World News | Reuters
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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CIA Chief John Brennan Insists Torture Did Thwart Attacks
- Tuesday December 9, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The director of the CIA insisted Tuesday that US agents' use of brutal interrogation techniques against Al-Qaeda suspects helped prevent attacks, in the wake of a critical Senate report.
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Release of US Senate CIA 'Torture' Report Still on Hold
- Tuesday September 9, 2014
- World News | Reuters
The public release of a long-awaited U.S. Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could be held up for weeks as the Senate Intelligence Committee and Obama administration negotiate what material can be included in the document, the committee's chairwoman said on Monday.
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US Heightens Embassy Security, Anticipating Report on CIA Interrogations
- Wednesday August 6, 2014
- World News | Reuters
The US State Department is increasing security at some American embassies in anticipation of the public release of a long-awaited Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques, US officials said on Tuesday.
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CIA Interrogation Tactics Helped Get Osama Bin Laden: US Senator
- Monday August 4, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee will soon release a report asserting the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques helped bring down Osama bin Laden and disrupt terrorist plots, the panel's top Republican said on Sunday.
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CIA's 'harsh interrogations' exceeded legal authority: report
- Friday April 11, 2014
- World News | Reuters
A classified U.S. Senate report found that the CIA's legal justification for the use of harsh interrogation techniques that critics say amount to torture was based on faulty legal reasoning, McClatchy news service reported on Thursday.
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CIA director nominee John Brennan opposes harsh interrogation techniques
- Wednesday February 6, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
John Brennan, now President Barack Obama's nominee to be CIA director, sat quietly around a conference table at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., during briefings about the capture and waterboarding of key al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA Sought "Truth Serum" To Force September 11 Attack Suspects To Talk
- Wednesday November 14, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
The Harsh Interrogations Of Al-Qaida Detainees: Was It 'Torture' And Did It Help Find Bin Laden?
- Wednesday March 21, 2018
- World News | Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
- Wednesday October 18, 2017
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Donald Trump Says Torture Works But Will Follow CIA, Pentagon Advice
- Thursday January 26, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Donald Trump Administration Could Reinstate Secret, Overseas CIA Prisons
- Wednesday January 25, 2017
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Donald Trump Backs Waterboarding And 'A Lot More' After Brussels Attacks
- Wednesday March 23, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques when questioning terror suspects, and renewed his call for tougher US border security after the attacks in Brussels.
- www.ndtv.com
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Trump: 'I Think Islam Hates Us.'
- Thursday March 10, 2016
- World News | Jose A. DelReal, The Washington Post
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes "Islam hates us," and called on the United States to "expand" laws on using enhanced interrogation techniques against terrorist groups.
- www.ndtv.com
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
- Tuesday January 6, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA Chief Admits Agency Used 'Abhorrent' Methods on Detainees
- Friday December 12, 2014
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA Chief John Brennan Insists Torture Did Thwart Attacks
- Tuesday December 9, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The director of the CIA insisted Tuesday that US agents' use of brutal interrogation techniques against Al-Qaeda suspects helped prevent attacks, in the wake of a critical Senate report.
- www.ndtv.com
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Release of US Senate CIA 'Torture' Report Still on Hold
- Tuesday September 9, 2014
- World News | Reuters
The public release of a long-awaited U.S. Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could be held up for weeks as the Senate Intelligence Committee and Obama administration negotiate what material can be included in the document, the committee's chairwoman said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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US Heightens Embassy Security, Anticipating Report on CIA Interrogations
- Wednesday August 6, 2014
- World News | Reuters
The US State Department is increasing security at some American embassies in anticipation of the public release of a long-awaited Senate report detailing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques, US officials said on Tuesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA Interrogation Tactics Helped Get Osama Bin Laden: US Senator
- Monday August 4, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee will soon release a report asserting the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques helped bring down Osama bin Laden and disrupt terrorist plots, the panel's top Republican said on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA's 'harsh interrogations' exceeded legal authority: report
- Friday April 11, 2014
- World News | Reuters
A classified U.S. Senate report found that the CIA's legal justification for the use of harsh interrogation techniques that critics say amount to torture was based on faulty legal reasoning, McClatchy news service reported on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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CIA director nominee John Brennan opposes harsh interrogation techniques
- Wednesday February 6, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
John Brennan, now President Barack Obama's nominee to be CIA director, sat quietly around a conference table at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., during briefings about the capture and waterboarding of key al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
- www.ndtv.com