Report Details Alleged CIA Abuses

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Sunday 23 August 2009

by: Greg Miller | Visit article original @ The Los Angeles Times

The methods were not mentioned in Justice Department memos authorizing the so-called enhanced interrogation program for terrorism detainees.

Washington - The CIA staged a mock execution and brandished weapons, including a gun and a power drill, during interrogation sessions with detainees, according to a long-secret internal CIA report expected to be released Monday.

The episodes are part of a catalog of alleged abuses -- a 2004 report by the CIA's inspector general -- that has prompted Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to consider appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate cases in which the CIA strayed beyond its authorities.

The prisoner confronted with the gun and drill was identified by current and former U.S. officials as Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the alleged plotter of the attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole. Nashiri was also one of three prisoners who was subjected to waterboarding, the simulated drowning method.