That's an easily demonstrable lie. The @CIA's own Inspector General admitted Gul Rahman was tortured and starved until he froze to death, which the CIA then lied about to conceal this fact. You can read the CIA's own report, thanks to the @ACLU: (aclu.org/blog/human-rig…). (1/3)
Even the US Senate, who famously defended unconstitutional intelligence abuses, conceded after a full review of the torture program's classified records that no useful intelligence was gained via torture, no lives were saved, and no attacks were stopped. latimes.com/nation/la-fg-t…
The CIA threatened to rape and kill the mothers of the tortured. They went on to rape those on hunger strikes with food products, claiming it was for their health. Doctors disagreed, describing it as rape and finding it left injuries consistent with rape. bustle.com/articles/53334…
