next item is about torture which the government prefers to call by a euphemism, its friendlier name, enhanced interrogation techniques. this is from today s new york times. it s about what the u.s. did to this guy, khalid sheik mohammed, the 9/11 planner. but just so we re clear, this is torture. and it reads, quote, in the weeks after his capture an intelligence committee report said mr. mohammed was suggested to the suffocation technique called waterboarding 183 times over 15 sessions. stripped naked, doused with water, slapped, slammed into a wall, given rectal rehydrations without medical need, there s a euphemism. shackled into painful stress positions and sleep deprived for about a week by being forced to stand with his hands chained above his head. torture by any other name is something militaries and governments and presidents get to choose to employ or not and america s use of torture during the bush presidency and the
longer. i think it should apply across the board. we know that a lot of women who suffer from sexual abuse do not come forward. sometimes it takes years for them to have the courage to come forward. we need to support those women by changing our law to support them. i agree. there s a uniform point of view from the panel. what do you think? tweet us your thoughts. and the torture report released this week by senator feinstein. ugly details about what american government did to detainees in captivity. stay with us. stripped naked, diapered, physically struck and put in various painful stress positions for long periods of time. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan, but it doesn t hold me back. i go through periods where it s hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. non-24 is a circadian rhythm disorder
transparen transparency. i think there s more than enough transparency that s happened the last couple of i das. that s not what this report was about. that was a pretty big surprise. some say they went beyond the scope. why do we need to see the report anyway. we got to the bottom of this years ago. this government does not torture people. boom! the united states of america is awesome. we are awesome. who are we to disagree? agency officers uses interrogation techniques that had not been authorized. they were deprived of sleep for days, stripped naked, diapered, physically struck, constantly shackled in isolated cells. detainees were often subject to harsh and brutal interrogation. none of these lapses should be excused, down played or de deni denied. who are we to disagree?
the first ever live news conference from cia headquarters. the cia has implemented a number of reforms to make sure those mistakes never happen again. they didn t go rogue. that s their argument. he said we ve had enough transparency. i think there s more than enough transparency that s happened the last couple of i das. that s not what this report was about. that was a pretty big surprise. some say they went beyond the scope. why do we need to see the report anyway. we got to the bottom of this years ago. this government does not torture people. boom! the united states of america is awesome. we are awesome. who are we to disagree? agency officers uses interrogation techniques that had not been authorized. they were deprived of sleep for days, stripped naked, diapered, physically struck, constantly shackled in isolated cells. detainees were often subject to harsh and brutal interrogation.
immediately. stripped naked, diapered, physically struck and put in various painful stress positions for long period of times. they were deprived of sleep for days. in one case up to 180 hours. that s seven and a half days. over a week with no sleep. usually standing or in stress positions. at times with their hands tied together over their heads, chained to the ceiling. cia detainees at one facility described as a dungeon were kept in complete darkness, constantly shackled in isolated cells with loud noise or music and only a bucket to use for human waste. interrogators and guards used what they called rough takedowns in which a detainee was grabbed from his cell, clothes cut off, hooded and dragged up and down a dirt hallway while being slapped and punched. the cia led several detainees to