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Disturbing details of “illegal” torture techniques used by the US government after the 9/11 attacks were revealed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
More than 800 pages were released Tuesday, which the ACLU says highlights the “inhumanity of the torture conceived and carried out”by the CIA under the George W Bush administration.
The documents, some of which have redacted content, were previously seen by the elite group of politicians called the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its probe into the “enhanced”interrogation program.
“It bears emphasis that these records document grave crimes for which no senior official has been held accountable,” ACLU deputy legal director Jameel Jaffer said.
Referencing the two psychologists contracted by the spy agency to design and implement the torture program, ACLU staff attorney Dror Ladin said, “We’re seeing just how much (James) Mitchell, (John ‘Bruce’) Jessen, and their CIA co-conspirators knew that what they were doing was wrong and illegal. They talked about seeking a get-out-of-jail-free card for torturing people, and then discussed how to make sure their victims were silenced forever, even if they survived their torture.”
Instead of being convicted for war crimes, some of those responsible occupy powerful positions like federal judge, law professor, and vice president of a defense contractor.
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