Unsealed Docs Give New Details of CIAs Afghan 'Black Site' Torture Room

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



New details have been unearthed on the CIA’s “black site” torture room in a secret prison near Kabul, Afghanistan, thanks to newly unsealed papers the Pentagon and agency were forced to declassify over a lawsuit filed by victims of the “enhanced interrogation.” The prison was made up of 20 cells, where prisoners were often shackled to a ring in the wall. Four of the rooms were instead specifically designed for sleep deprivation and for prisoners to be chained to an overhead bar. “The atmosphere was very good,” the contracted psychologist John Jessen—who designed the techniques used on site—told CIA investigators. “Nasty, but safe.” The closely watched lawsuit against CIA psychologists was unexpectedly settled out-of-court in July.

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[PatSeg]

1. For all those who are inclined

to say that maybe Bush wasn't "that bad", this is a reminder how horrible the Bush years were. Just because Trump is a truly awful president, that doesn't give Bush a pass. There apparently is no bottom when it comes to republican presidents.

[sharedvalues]

4. +1 GOP presidents: corruption, crime and destroying America all the way down

[PatSeg]

6. All things they excel at

Not my father's republican party for sure.

[sharedvalues]

7. Paid by billionaires to excel at those things :)

Any true ethical conservative (non-Nixon-dirty-tricks variety of GOP) from the 70s and 80s is basically now aligned with the Democrats.

[PatSeg]

8. That is true

They can't even claim they are the "family values" party anymore. A bunch of grifters and con artists, looking for money, power, and influence.

[jimmil]

2. I still put Bush at the bottom of the Presidents list

because he started a war because his numbers were slipping and he knew war would boost his numbers up. He MURDERED hundreds of thousands of people because he wasn't as popular as he wanted to be. Now THAT is an ego.

[PatSeg]

5. Yes

Trump has a ways to go before he can claim the title of "worst president", but Bush had eight years and Trump only eight months. Bush is still on top for me, because of the number of deaths he caused. Of course, Trump could top that if he starts a war with North Korea.

[The Mouth]

11. Even then- to some of my asshole relatives deaths only count

if they are *AMERICAN* deaths.

[PatSeg]

12. That seems to be true

with a lot of people. The deaths of innocent people in other countries don't count because they look and talk different.

[sharedvalues]

3. Obama's biggest failing - not prosecuting people who tortured or supported torture

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

[The Mouth]

10. It's not 'torture' or 'terrorism' when *WE* do it.

Right?