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CIA black sites systematically employed torture in the form of "enhanced interrogation techniques" of detainees, most of whom had been illegally abducted and forcibly transferred. Known locations included Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania, and Thailand.
Mar 3, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday shut down efforts by a detainee at Guantánamo Bay to obtain information from two former C.I.A. contractors involved in torturing him, ruling that the...
The study found evidence confirming CIA “black sites” in 20 locations around the world, including Thailand, Poland, Romania, Lithuania and Kosovo. During the operation of these sites, the U.S. used secret flight plans, charter aircraft and subcontracting agreements to remove evidence of U.S. government involvement.
Oct 28, 2021 · Appearing in open court, Majid Khan, 41, became the first former prisoner of the black sites to openly describe, anywhere, the violent and cruel “enhanced interrogation techniques” that...
Jun 11, 2015 · Medical professionals, primarily private contractors, filled four basic roles at the black sites: clearing terrorist suspects as “medically fit” for torture; monitoring torture to prevent death...
Mar 17, 2016 · The appearance of disappearance: the CIA’s secret black sites. Photographer Edmund Clark and journalist Crofton Black on the CIA’s covert detention facilities. The windowless warehouse...
Jan 25, 2017 · The secret prisons, known as “black sites,” were used by the CIA to interrogate suspects, often using waterboarding to obtain intelligence.
Aug 5, 2007 · Jane Mayer on the C.I.A.’s secret detention, interrogation, and possible torture of terrorism suspects at “black sites” during the Bush Administration.
May 9, 2018 · Today’s nomination hearing for Gina Haspel to be CIA director provides an opportunity for the agency and Haspel to fill in the blanks on the CIA “black sites” and interrogation program. The National Security Archive has already identified key questions about Haspel’s record [see box below].
Sep 14, 2016 · CIA black sites were set up all over the world, and suspected terrorists were rendered, detained and subjected to brutal abuses: sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, auditory overload,...
