CIA accused of misleading US on torture
Senate report, says torture programmes contributed almost nothing to US war against al-Qaeda.
Published On 2 Apr 2014
Details are emerging from a confidential report by the US Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Bush-era torture programmes.
The report has concluded the CIA misled the US government about the scale of its abuse of prisoners and overstated intelligence gleaned from sessions with senior al-Qaeda figures.
The CIA is refusing to comment on the allegations.
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Washington.
Source: Al Jazeera