A senate investigation has revealed the sadistic abuse of detainees at secret prisons around the world, during America’s ‘war on terror.’
The report, which is being described as a ’stain on the values and conscience’ of the country has triggered calls for a similar investigation into British practices.
In the dossier, it describes one prisoner who was left unable to speak and on life support after his torture sessions, while another was chained to the floor and later died from hypothermia.
'Those of us who want to see a safer and more secure world, who want to see extremism defeated, we won’t succeed if we lose our moral authority, if we lose the things that make our systems work and countries successful.’
A third prisoner was hung by his arms for 22 hours.
CIA worked closely with British organisations MI5 and MI6 and repeatedly lied and misled the American government over its interrogation techniques, which were upped following the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Officials apparently insisted that information extracted from water boarding, beatings, sleep deprivation and other torture methods had prevented attacks in the UK. But this information was later proven to be ‘inaccurate.’
On Tuesday night, David Cameron was facing demands from Britons for a full inquiry of our own, into how the Blair government were involved in the CIA’s shameful torture programme.
‘Torture is wong, torture is always wrong,' said Cameron.
'Those of us who want to see a safer and more secure world, who want to see extremism defeated, we won’t succeed if we lose our moral authority, if we lose the things that make our systems work and countries successful.’