The Official Senate Report on CIA Torture by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Author:Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2009-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Similarly, on July 29, 2003, the CIA made a presentation to a select group of National Security Council principals, including Vice President Cheney, seeking policy reaffirmation of the CIA interrogation program. The CIA briefing materials state that “the use of the [CIA interrogation] techniques has produced significant results,” and warned that “[t]ermination of this [CIA] program will result in loss of life, possibly extensive.” The CIA conveyed that “[m]ajor threats were countered and attacks averted,” and under a briefing slide entitled “RESULTS: MAJOR THREAT INFO,” represented that information obtained from KSM after the use of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques led to the “identification” of Saifullah Paracha.1984

A widely disseminated CIA Intelligence Assessment, entitled “Detainee Reporting Pivotal for the War Against Al-Qa’ida,” that was described in internal CIA emails as being “put together using past assessments” and initially intended for the White House only, with “marching orders” to “throw everything in it,”1985 states:

“Since 11 September 2001, detainee reporting has become a crucial pillar of US counterterrorism efforts, aiding . . . operations to capture additional terrorists, helping to thwart terrorist plots . . . KSM’s revelation in March 2003 that he was plotting with Sayf al-Rahman Paracha—who also used the name Saifullah al-Rahman Paracha—to smuggle explosives into the United States for a planned attack in New York prompted the FBI to investigate Paracha’s business ties in the United States.1986

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