NEW YORK – The result of a five-year Senate investigation into the CIA’s secret interrogations of terrorism suspects following the 9/11 attacks has revealed a staggering level of brutality and violence carried out by members of the US intelligence community. The scathing summary includes details of how the use of waterboarding resulted in “a series of near drownings”, while detainees were subjected to “rectal rehydration”. The report also alleges that CIA officials deceived the White House and members of Congress into the details of the interrogation programme, while disclosing all 119 prisoners held by the CIA as terror suspects, including...
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