The report by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA’s program of torturing enemy combatants who were captured by the U.S. in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, which was active during the administration of former Republican President George W. Bush, has been declassified, and here is the executive summary of the report.
According to the report, the George W. Bush-era CIA’s detention and torture program, among other things:
- Didn’t help the CIA get intelligence from detainees
- Violated the human rights of detainees
- Put American national security at an even greater risk by impeding national security efforts at other federal agencies
- Wasted American taxpayers’ money
- Detained individuals who didn’t meet the legal standard for detention
- Was badly mismanaged and unaccountable
- Hurt our country’s standing in the world
Additionally, the George W. Bush-era CIA lied to Congress and the media about the detention and torture program’s activities, and had repeatedly impeded oversight by various government entities, including the Office of the CIA Inspector General.
Long story short, the CIA’s program of torturing enemy combatants in U.S. custody was one of the most disgusting things that the U.S. federal government has ever done and served no purpose whatsoever. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and other officials involved in the program should be charged with perjury, war crimes, and other applicable offenses.
The Progressive Midwesterner 