Sunday, November 1, 2009

New Evidence Points To Systemic Detainee Abuse In CIA Run Prisons

Documents Detail Conditions Found at Secret C.I.A. Jails -- New York Times

F.B.I. agents who arrived at a secret C.I.A. jail overseas in September 2002 found prisoners “manacled to the ceiling and subjected to blaring music around the clock,” and a C.I.A. official wrote a list of questions for interrogators including “How close is each technique to the ‘rack and screw,’ ” according to hundreds of pages of partly declassified documents released Friday by the Justice Department.

The documents include handwritten notes, apparently prepared by Justice Department officials, discussing the possibility of prosecuting some employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. The notes reveal that the Justice Department considered prosecuting a C.I.A. interrogator for a previously reported incident in which a detainee was threatened with a gun and a power drill, but it says department officials declined to prosecute the case.

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More News On CIA Prisons

New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees -- AP
Docs: FBI, CIA Wrangled Over Detainees -- CBS News
FBI documents reveal secret CIA prisoners ‘manacled to the ceiling’ -- The Raw Story
New Excerpts from CIA IG's Report Contradict Enhanced Interrogation Critic -- Weekly Standard
New Documents Show the CIA, Not the FBI, Got Zubadayh to ‘Cough Up’ Jose Padilla -- National Review
The 'Bright Line Rule': New Papers Detail FBI, CIA Wrangle Over Torture -- Huffington Post

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