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Torture

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  1. (May 2009): Special Counsel Summons CIA Officers Involved in Tape Destruction to Appear before Grand Jury
  2. 2005: CIA Director Asks Inspector General to Review Italian Rendition, Subordinate Countermands Order
  3. June 2002: Italian Authorities Hear Former CIA Informer Plot to ‘Eliminate the Enemies of God’
  4. June 2002: Saudi National Taken into Custody in Azerbaijan
  5. June 2002: CIA Claims to Get Vital Intelligence from Torture of Zubaida, but Others Claim His Leads Are Mostly Vague and Useless
  6. June 2002: Zubaida Subjected to Intensive Interrogations by CIA Agents
  7. June 2003: CIA Begins Course for Training ‘Debriefers’
  8. June 2003: Iraqi Prisoner Strangled to Death in US Custody
  9. Between June 2004 and November 2005: CIA Closes Salt Pit Prison in Afghanistan
  10. June 2004: SERE Psychologist Warns that Techniques ‘Reverse-Engineered’ for Interrogations Are Ineffective
  11. June-July 2005: Judges Order Bush Administration Not to Destroy Evidence of Torture and Abuse of Detainees
  12. June 2005: State Department Adviser Challenges Legal Justifications for Torture
  13. June 1988: Justice Department Memo Approves Rendition
  14. July 2002: New, Poorly Trained Interrogators Arrive at Bagram
  15. July 2002: CIA Interrogator Repeatedly Takes Detainee to Brink of Unconsciousness by Applying Pressure to Carotid Artery
  16. July 2002: Pentagon Agency Warns that ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods Constitute Torture, Are Unreliable
  17. July 2002: Military Instructors Train Intelligence Personnel in Torture Techniques
  18. July 2002: Military Instructor Acknowledges Torture Techniques Used by ‘Enemies’ over ‘Last Five Decades’
  19. September 2003: JPRA Personnel Instruct Interrogators in SERE-Derived Methods, Take Part in Interrogations
  20. July 2003: Top White House Officials Briefed on Torture Techniques
  21. July 2007: President Bush Again Authorizes the CIA to Use Some Aggressive Interrogation Methods
  22. July 2007: Legal Advisor for Guantanamo Tribunals Gets Involved in Prosecutions Instead of Remaining Neutral
  23. July 2007: Alleged ‘High Ranking’ Al-Qaeda Figure Arrested in Pakistan; May Have Had Recent Contact with Bin Laden
  24. July 1963: CIA Counterintelligence Manual Warns that Torture Produces Unreliable Information
  25. July 1998-February 2000: CIA Renders Over Two Dozen Islamic Militant Operatives
  26. 2007: Station Chief Involved in Imam Kidnapping Reprimanded, Sent to Air Force Base in Alabama
  27. August 2002: Saudi Held in Azerbaijan Turned over to US, Rendered to Bagram
  28. August 2002: Detainee Allegedly Tortured at Bagram
  29. August 2002: Interrogators Ask about Applying More Pressure on Terror Suspect
  30. (August 2004): CIA Refers Detainee Death to Justice Department for Examination; Department Decides Not to Prosecute
  31. (August 2006): US Government Forbids Accused in ‘Italian Job’ Kidnap Trial from Speaking to Public Defenders
  32. August and November 2007: Prisoner Held by CIA Forced to Stay Awake for Five and Six Days Straight
  33. August 2007: US Releases Three British Citizens from Guantanamo, Refuses to Release Two Others
  34. First Half of August 2009: Justice Department Recommends Reopening Prisoner Abuse Investigations
  35. August 1995 and After: US Diplomats at Egyptian Embassy Not Informed of CIA Rendition Program
  36. Late September 2001: Friend of Imam Abu Qatada Agrees to Become British Informant
  37. September 2002: Yemeni Government Official with 9/11 Foreknowledge Kidnapped in Egypt, Handed to CIA
  38. September 2002: Most Members of House and Senate Intelligence Committees Not Briefed on CIA Interrogations, Reportedly Because They Are Covert Activities
  39. September 2002: Congressional Leaders Allegedly Briefed on CIA Interrogation Techniques, but Do Not Complain
  40. September 2002: Army Task Force Commander Objects to ‘Unacceptable Methods’ of Interrogation at Guantanamo
  41. September 2004 and After: British Terror Suspect Detained in Guantanamo; Americans Want Him to Deny Torture
  42. September 2008: Military Prosecutor at Guantanamo Resigns in Protest of Unjust Prosecutions
  43. September-October 2000: Padilla Trains at Al-Qaeda Camp
  44. October 2000-May 2001: Yemeni National Tortured in Egypt, Rendered to Jordan over Admission He Traveled to Afghanistan
  45. After October 2001: CIA Establishes ‘Salt Pit’ Secret Prison North of Kabul
  46. October 2003 or After: Detainee Allegedly Sees Cameras in Cells and Interrogation Rooms
  47. October 2003: CIA Only Provides 9/11 Commission with ‘Non-Specific’ Information about Detainee Interrogations, Fails to Mention Videotapes
  48. October 2005: Law Professor, Author Debunk ‘Ticking Bomb’ Scenario Used to Justify Torture
  49. October 2006: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Discovered by Chance in Secret Syrian Custody
  50. October-December 2008: Charges Dropped against British Torture Suspect, but Release Refused