Tortures

Did torture report give US government a free pass and dump too much on CIA?

December 9 ushered in a new era in the US’s endless debate over whether torture can and should be used in interrogating terrorists, particularly if security officials think that torture can obtain information to prevent a “ticking bomb” or impending attack.

After five years of investigating and reviewing more than 6 million intelligence documents, and 12 years after the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) program – also referred to as its torture program – began, a 500-page summary of the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the program was made public, concluding that the EITs do not work.