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CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques

Newly declassified documents reveal Ammar al-Baluchi was repeatedly slammed against a wall while naked until all trainees received ‘certific

the Guardian

The inspector general’s report also concluded that Baluchi’s treatment did not yield any useful intelligence. It noted that the interrogators at Cobalt “focused more on whether Ammar was ‘compliant’ than on the quality of the information he was providing.” It called the CIA’s logic in justifying the detention “fuzzy and circular.” “Ammar fabricated the information he provided when undergoing EITs,” it said. “He later admitted to his interrogators/debriefers that he was terrified and lied to get agency officers to stop the measures … Ammar also explained that he was afraid to tell a lie and was afraid to tell the truth because he did not know how either would be received.”

This is an important part of the article because it proves the CIA can’t even come up with an excuse for its crimes. So even neocons supporting the “war on terror” don’t have an argument for it. We also know from the Abu Ghraib torture cases that people inflicting the pain were sadistic and made games out of it. They were given the green light from the US government too. It’s about power, not justice. I can’t imagine what else is going on behind closed doors that is yet to be revealed…and from the country supposed to be promoting “human rights and democracy”.