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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:19 AM Jun 2015

選 Wished They Had Killed Me': Detainee Details Sexual Torture Tactics Used By CIA Interrogators

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness.

Majid Khan said interrogators poured ice water on his genitals, twice videotaped him naked and repeatedly touched his “private parts” – none of which was described in the Senate report. Interrogators, some of whom smelled of alcohol, also threatened to beat him with a hammer, baseball bats, sticks and leather belts, Khan said.

Khan’s is the first publicly released account from a high-value al Qaeda detainee who experienced the “enhanced interrogation techniques” of President George W. Bush’s administration after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S.

Khan’s account is contained in 27 pages of interview notes his lawyers compiled over the past seven years. The U.S. government cleared the notes for release last month through a formal review process.

Before the Senate report detailed the agency’s interrogation methods last December, CIA officials prohibited detainees and their lawyers from publicly describing interrogation sessions, deeming detainee’s memories of the experience classified.

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選 Wished They Had Killed Me': Detainee Details Sexual Torture Tactics Used By CIA Interrogators (Original Post) Purveyor Jun 2015 OP
"deeming detainee痴 memories of the experience classified." R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2015 #1
When do the trials of the torturers and their bosses start? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #2
Torture would work wonders on Wall Street. Octafish Jun 2015 #3
solidarity nt grasswire Jun 2015 #5
Heros and patriots, right? Iggo Jun 2015 #4
 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
1. "deeming detainee痴 memories of the experience classified."
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:41 AM
Jun 2015

We can torture you, we won't admit it is torture, and you can't openly talk about it or we will throw you in jail.

When did the USA become the USSR?

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
3. Torture would work wonders on Wall Street.
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 11:58 AM
Jun 2015

...for the Prosecution. Same with its offices on the Potomac.

Other than that, though, it's Just Us.

¡Libertad!

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