After 9/11, the CIA established secret 'black site' prisons in Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. At least 136 detainees were subjected to 'enhanced interrogation techniques' including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, rectal feeding, and confinement in coffin-sized boxes. Extraordinary rendition flights transported prisoners to countries known for torture. The 2014 Senate Torture Report (6,700 pages, mostly still classified) confirmed the program was more brutal than the CIA admitted and produced no actionable intelligence. 54 foreign governments participated. The program operated from 2002-2009.
The CIA operated secret prisons in at least 6 countries where detainees were tortured, with 54 foreign governments participating
βThe CIA is operating a global network of secret prisons where detainees are being tortured using techniques borrowed from Communist interrogation manuals.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βThe United States does not torture. We are treating these detainees humanely.β
β President George W. Bush Β· Nov 2005
π They Laughed At Us
βThe United States does not torture. We are treating these detainees humanely.β
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Confirmed: They Were Right
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Confirmed: They Were Right
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