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No. The resulting report of that probe details many instances of torture. > At least one prisoner was "diagnosed with chronic hemorrhoids, an anal fissure and
by 932874 11y ago
No. The resulting report of that probe details many instances of torture.
> At least one prisoner was "diagnosed with chronic hemorrhoids, an anal fissure and symptomatic rectal prolapse," symptoms normally associated with a violent rape.
> One prisoner was placed in a box the size of a coffin for over 11 days and was also placed for 29 hours in a box 21 inches (53 cm) wide, 2.5 feet (76 cm) deep and 2.5 feet (76 cm) high.
> One detainee was subjected to "ice water baths" and 66 hours of standing sleep deprivation. He was later released as the CIA had mistaken his identity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture#Examples_of_torture_and_abuse_of_prisoners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_...
- smt88 11y agoThat has nothing to do with what I said. I never denied that the probe found torture. In fact, at the end of my comment, I lamented that no one was held accountable for all the torture the report found. That's why I used the word "supposedly" -- because no one was accused of a crime. You misunderstood what I said (or you didn't read it). My comment was that the probe investigated a spectrum of crimes, including things that were less than torture. That's a good thing. There are many acts that are unacceptable (threatening someone's family was my example) even though they aren't defined as torture by anyone.
- 932874 11y agoI thought you were taking issue with the parent's comment that "enhanced interrogation techniques" is a euphemism for torture. We're on the same page then.