US Senate report exposes shocking CIA torture

WASHINGTON: THE Central Intelligence Agency’s torture of al-Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged, did not produce useful intelligence and was so poorly managed it lost track of its detainees, a scathing United States Senate report revealed on Tuesday. The CIA also misled the White House and Congress with inaccurate claims about the programme’s usefulness in thwarting attacks, the Senate Intelligence Committee said in its graphic report that revived the debate over interrogati