The Torture Report The U. S. Senate Report on the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program |
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| Author:
| U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U. S. |
| Foreword by:
| Feinstein, Dianne |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5054-6467-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.99 |
Book Description:
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has released the highly anticipated summary of its report on the CIA's post-9/11 torture program. It provides a sobering glimpse into one of the darkest chapters in the U.S. government's history. After a grueling 5-year investigation, Senate investigators reveal torrid details of the systemic and individual failures by the agency personnel who ran the "enhanced interrogation program" -- the government's euphemism for systematic torture--during the...
More DescriptionThe Senate Intelligence Committee has released the highly anticipated summary of its report on the CIA's post-9/11 torture program. It provides a sobering glimpse into one of the darkest chapters in the U.S. government's history. After a grueling 5-year investigation, Senate investigators reveal torrid details of the systemic and individual failures by the agency personnel who ran the "enhanced interrogation program" -- the government's euphemism for systematic torture--during the George W. Bush administration. The program involved capturing terrorism suspects and shipping them to secret overseas prisons, where they were subjected to techniques such as waterboarding (and worse).This is the full, 526-page executive summary unclassified and released by the Senate.