The torture report contains more details on Rahman's death, including details of the CIA's interrogation methodology used. This included “48 hours of sleep deprivation, auditory overload, total darkness, isolation a cold shower and rough treatment”. read more
No form of torture is at all effective, unless the torturer finds it fun. People under torture will tell all sorts of nonsense, mostly confirming wrong beliefs by the people in charge. Bribery works much better. read more
A detainee at Guantanamo Bay in 2009. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images The CIA, and the Senate intelligence committee, would rather avoid the word “torture,” preferring euphemisms like “enhanced interrogation techniques” and “rendition, detention and interrogation program”. read more
A Guantanamo Bay detainee's testimony suggested last year's Senate report on torture did not cover all forms of abuse used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, an exclusive report by Reuters said Tuesday. read more