Torture report: CIA prisoner tactics exposed

Waterboarding, sexual threats and sleep deprivation were among the torture tactics CIA agents used after 9/11, according to a much-anticipated Senate report, a summary of which was released on Tuesday

The Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, compiled a 6,000-page "torture report," detailing how the CIA handled its prisoners during the so-called 'war on terror.'

The executive summary can be read below. The full report remains classified.

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The executive summary, small parts of which have been redacted, states that CIA agents tortured prisoners in secret facilities known as "black sites." One form of torture that has already been widely reported was waterboarding, a practice that simulates drowning Read more...

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