Human Rights Watch urges prosecution of illegalities in Senate report
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"Enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA on militants detained in secret prisons were ineffective and never produced information which led to the disruption of imminent terrorist plots, a declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found.
The report released on Tuesday (December 9) said the CIA misled the public and government policymakers about the effectiveness of the program, which ran from 2002 to 2006 and involved questioning al Qaeda and other captives around the world.
The report prepared by the Intelligence Committee after a five-year investigation said the techniques used were "far more brutal" than the CIA told the public or the ever told policymakers or the public.
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth called on President Obama to prosecute any illegal acts described in the Senate report.
"President Obama could have said, 'No. This is clear illegality. We're going to prosecut
"Enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA on militants detained in secret prisons were ineffective and never produced information which led to the disruption of imminent terrorist plots, a declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found.
The report released on Tuesday (December 9) said the CIA misled the public and government policymakers about the effectiveness of the program, which ran from 2002 to 2006 and involved questioning al Qaeda and other captives around the world.
The report prepared by the Intelligence Committee after a five-year investigation said the techniques used were "far more brutal" than the CIA told the public or the ever told policymakers or the public.
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth called on President Obama to prosecute any illegal acts described in the Senate report.
"President Obama could have said, 'No. This is clear illegality. We're going to prosecut