Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work

December 9, 2014 at 10:21 a.m.

by The Associated Press

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as she arrives to release a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as she arrives to release a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.

WASHINGTON — Senate investigators have accused the CIA of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners with interrogation tactics that went well beyond legal limits after the 9/11 attacks.

The report released Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee says the CIA deceived the nation with its insistence that the harsh interrogation tactics had saved lives. It says those claims are unsubstantiated by the CIA's own records.

The 500-page report represents the executive summary and conclusions from a still-classified 6,700-page full investigation.

Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.


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