Originally posted by John Reece
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You see, the US Senate did an extensive review of the CIA files, compiling a 6000 page report, and released a 500 page summary at the end of last year. It showed that the Bush/Cheney/Rodriguez etc administration had outright lied about every single thing related to the topic of torture: They tortured much worse than mere waterboarding, that they obtained no useful information from any of it, and many of the people they tortured were innocent. John Oliver has an entertaining 15 minute analysis of it here (crude language warning + obviously disturbing material).
Even more recently, claims have surfaced that there were additional torture methods used beyond even those noted in the Senate report.
P.S. It's worth noting that last week the US Senate voted to ban torture. It's also worth noting that 100% of Senate Democrats voted in favor of the ban, while only 60% of senate Republicans did so. The 21 Republican senators who voted in favor of torture are listed here.
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