US Raises Security on Eve of CIA Torture Report Release: "We tortured some folks." - Polidicks

[QUOTE] Security has been stepped up at US facilities around the world ahead of the release of a report expected to reveal details of harsh CIA interrogations, the White House says. Embassies and other sites were taking precautions amid “some indications” of “greater risk”, a spokesman said. A 480-page summary of the Senate report is due to be released on Tuesday. It is expected to detail the CIA's campaign against al-Qaeda in the aftermath of 9/11. As well as detailing the controversial methods used by CIA operatives in an effort to extract information from high-value suspects, the report is expected to say harsh interrogations failed to deliver appropriate results. Publication of the report has been delayed amid disagreements in Washington over what should be made public. The full 6,000-page report, produced by the Senate Intelligence Committee, remains classified. The 480-page summary is being released by Democrats on the panel. President Barack Obama halted the CIA interrogation programme when he took office in 2009, and has acknowledged that the methods used to question al-Qaeda prisoners amounted to torture. During the presidency of George W Bush, the CIA operation against al-Qaeda - known internally as the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation - saw as many as 100 suspected terrorists held in “black sites” outside the US. [/QUOTE] Source: [URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30383924"]BBC[/URL]

Welcome to war. I'm more horrified by torture of prisoners being glorified by MPs then interrogation tbh.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;46672038]Welcome to war. I'm more horrified by torture of prisoners being glorified by MPs then interrogation tbh.[/QUOTE] Afaik torture isn't allowed.

Jesus Christ, the summary of the report needs its own fucking summary.

[quote]Despite reports that CIA operatives went beyond legal interrogation limits imposed by the Bush administration, the former president has led the charge against the report's release, defending the CIA on US TV. "We're fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the CIA serving on our behalf," he told CNN on Sunday. [/quote] The CIA is better off not being defended. They work in lucrative, often illegal, ways to get information. Its a spy agency for fucks sake. Shit happened post 9/11 that everyone knows about and hindsight is 20/20.

[QUOTE=laserguided;46672066]Afaik torture isn't allowed.[/QUOTE] just like everything banned in the geneva convention isn't allowed either, we made a very short sighted decision to torture, now our ability to credibly stop others from doing it is shot

[QUOTE=Sableye;46672163]just like everything banned in the geneva convention isn't allowed either, we made a very short sighted decision to torture, now [B]our ability to credibly stop others from doing it is shot[/B][/QUOTE] the US never had much credibility to begin with when it comes to torture, it's not like the US didn't ALREADY torture or aided governments who committed torture before lol, do you honestly believe CIA started torturing only after 9/11? only reason this is happening, is because Guantanamo attracted everyone's attention, like bugs to light, to the fact that the US does in fact use torture.

[QUOTE=Medevila;46672594]please do tell what credible information you have that the rest of us lack[/QUOTE] i guess the cold war never happened :v: [url]http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/03/ice_water_and_sweatboxes.html[/url] [url]http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2009/apr/09/us-torture-voices-from-the-black-sites/[/url]

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;46672794]i guess the cold war never happened :v: [url]http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/03/ice_water_and_sweatboxes.html[/url] [url]http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2009/apr/09/us-torture-voices-from-the-black-sites/[/url][/QUOTE] It might as well not have happened, seeing as how no one learned anything.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;46672915]It might as well not have happened, seeing as how no one learned anything.[/QUOTE] We learned a lot in science

Somehow I doubt it'll contain any information with actual teeth...

if you guys think the cia is the only agency in the world IC to use torture then you're extremely naive

That sort of "Southern" sounding language always makes it hard for me to take something seriously. [QUOTE]"We tortured some folks"[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Richoxen;46673400]That sort of "Southern" sounding language always makes it hard for me to take something seriously.[/QUOTE] In a way that's kind of the point, it's meant to mitigate some of the controversy around it

I've heard of some pretty gruesome accounts of the torture the US does. I think it was in the blacked out bay documentary by Vice if you are interested. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVrmwFtoFjM[/media]

[QUOTE=Hat-Wearing Man;46673444]In a way that's kind of the point, it's meant to mitigate some of the controversy around it[/QUOTE] Jesus christ, i'm so used to this shit now I thought it was an actual quote :v: