The damning report, released on Tuesday, uncovers the CIA’s secret interrogation techniques, widely referred to as torture, used to extract information from suspects. The methods were authorized by the Bush administration in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The report says the CIA misrepresented its role in uncovering terror plots linked to the UK, including a plan to fly hijacked planes into Heathrow Airport and London’s Canary Wharf. In reality, it was British law enforcement agencies that scotched those plots. The US intelligence agency is charged with exaggerating the importance of information obtained under torture. The report discredited...
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