US Senate Releases Report on CIA Torture Program

The long awaited report the US Senate compiled on the interrogation practices of the Central Intelligence Agency has been made public, revealing horrendous criminal conduct and abuse that cannot be described as anything but torture.

Among the 525 page report's many findings, is that of the 119 people subjected to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques, 26 were deemed to have been innocent.

The office of Senator Diane Feinstein, who was responsible for overseeing the investigation into the CIA, released a statement with four main conclusions taken from the report:

1. The CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" were not effective.

2. The CIA provided extensive inaccurate information about the operation of the program and its effectiveness to policymakers and the public.

3. The CIA's management of the program was inadequate and deeply flawed.

4. The CIA program was far more brutal than the CIA represented to policymakers and the American public.

While speaking on the floor of the US Senate, Feinstein also said that the CIA never gathered information from torture that was used to save lives or prevent an imminent terrorist attack, which the CIA often claimed.

The report also recounts specific incidents where people were tortured. In one case, a man was kept awake for more than a week, while he was also put into a variety of painful conditions.

In another episode, the CIA shoved hummus into the anal cavity of one of the people in their custody.

The report also revealed that the CIA paid bribes to officials in countries hosting "black sites," where the CIA would torture detainees. The nations who allowed this to happen are not named in the report, but one of them is certainly Poland.

Despite the fact that corruption and torture are illegal practices under US law, the Justice Department has said it does not plan to investigate members of the CIA for criminal wrongdoing, according to CBS News.