cia torture News

Nairobi - Kenya is among 54 nations mentioned to have taken part in CIA operations that involved torture of suspected terrorists in the years subsequent to the 9/11 bombings on the US, Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based human rights group, has said.

Alexandria - John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer who blew the whistle on CIA torture practices, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for leaking the name of a covert officer to a reporter.

Washington - The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 9-6 on Thursday to approve the findings of a report on the Central Intelligence Agency's post-9/11 'enhanced interrogation' techniques.

Strasbourg - Europe's highest human rights court has found that American and Macedonian agents tortured an innocent German citizen who was mistaken for an al-Qaeda operative.

Los Angeles - Viewers will quickly realize that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow's new film, "Zero Dark Thirty," is not for the faint of heart. That's because the first 15 minutes of the film is basically one prolonged torture scene.