Video Information


Below: A BBC report televised on December 9, 2014, gives an overview of the background to the CIA's use of torture on terrorist subjects and refers to the United States Senate Select Committee report on the subject about to be released.




Below: On December 10, 2014, the (US) ABC televised a report on the Senate Select Committee report on CIA interrogations and the different reactions to the report.




Below: A six minute 2012 documentary on the nature and origins of some of the CIA's interrogation techniques.




Below: On December 15, 2015, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell was interviewed arguing that torture was moral.




Below: On April 6, 2014, Press TV News ran a report indicating that the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was aware of the interrogation techniques being employed by the CIA.






Web links, documents


On December 17, 2014, NBC News produced a report titled 'Senate Report Finds CIA Interrogation Tactics Were Ineffective'
The report gives an overview of the findings of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The report focuses particularly on the apparent ineffectiveness of the interrogation methods used.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/cia-torture-report/senate-report-finds-cia-interrogation-tactics-were-ineffective-n264621

On December 14, 2014, The Conversation published a comment by Peter Finn, lecturer in Politics at Kingston University.
The comment is titled 'Abuse revealed in "torture report" reflects broader trends from the Iraq War' and considers the widening pattern of violence that has marked the progress of the 'War on Terror'.
The full text of this comment can be found at http://theconversation.com/abuse-revealed-in-torture-report-reflects-broader-trends-from-the-iraq-war-35394

On December 13, 2014, The Conversation published a comment by Simon Reich, Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science at Rutgers University.
The comment is titled 'The Senate "torture report": a mirror in which we can see ourselves'
It analyses the long-term implications of not acknowledging the inappropriateness of the use of torture.
The full text can be accessed http://theconversation.com/the-senate-torture-report-a-mirror-in-which-we-can-see-ourselves-35462

On December 11, 2014, The Conversation published an analysis titled 'Americans are deeply divided about torture'
The article considers the range of opinion within the United States on the use of torture.
The full text can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/americans-are-deeply-divided-about-torture-35350

On December 11, 2014, The Conversation published a comment by Rosa Freedman, Senior Lecturer (Law) at University of Birmingham. The article was titled 'Human rights have always been marred by hypocrisy - but the CIA report is a new low'
The full text can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/human-rights-have-always-been-marred-by-hypocrisy-but-the-cia-report-is-a-new-low-35388

On December 12, 2014, NBC News published a report on former vice president Dick Cheney's defence of the CIA's interrogation techniques.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cheney-slams-senate-torture-report-says-practices-were-effective

On December 10, 2014, the ABC's opinion site, The Drum, published a comment by Matthew Beard titled 'Inside the mind of a torturer'. The piece considers the psychological damage done to those who inflict torture.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-10/beard-cheney-defends-torture/5957372

A group of former CIA employees responded to the Senate committee report in defence of the actions the Agency took. They have established an Internet site on which to present their arguments.
The site can be accessed at http://ciasavedlives.com/

On December 9, 2014, the Senate Select Committee Report on Intelligence (otherwise known as the Report on CIA Torture) was released. It is a redacted (censored) version of the original report.
It can be accessed at http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/study2014/sscistudy1.pdf

On December 9, 2014, the response of the CIA Director, John Brennan, to the Senate Select Committee Report on Intelligence was released. The director acknowledges some of the findings of the Select Committee and challenges others.
The full text of the Director's response can be accessed at https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/CIAs_June2013_Response_to_the_SSCI_Study_on_the_Former_Detention_and_Interrogation_Program.pdf

On August 2, 2014, Buzz Feed News published a report on President Barack Obama's reaction to the CIA's use of torture.
The full text of this report can be found at https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/CIAs_June2013_Response_to_the_SSCI_Study_on_the_Former_Detention_and_Interrogation_Program.pdf

In 2009 The Social Issues and Policy Review published an article by research psychologists Mark A. Costanzo, Claremont McKenna College and Ellen Gerrity, Duke University.
The article is titled 'The Effects and Effectiveness of Using Torture as an Interrogation Device: Using Research to Inform the Policy Debate'
The authors conclude that torture adversely affects both victim and torturer and does not produce reliable information.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.cgu.edu/pdffiles/sbos/costanzo_effects_of_interrogation.pdf

On May 26, 2004, The Wall Street Journal published a comment by John Yoo, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
The piece is titled 'Terrorists Have No Geneva Rights'
The full text can be accessed at http://www.aei.org/publication/terrorists-have-no-geneva-rights/