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In reply to the discussion: Psychologists Accused of "Criminal Enterprise" with CIA Over Torture (Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)12. Torture report reveals CIA spent $300 million
Torture report reveals CIA spent $300 million
by Gregory Wallace
CNN, Dec. 9, 2014
The CIA spent "well over" $300 million on the CIA's covert detention and interrogation program, according to the blockbuster Senate report made public Tuesday.
What exactly did that money buy? The report offers some answers -- and hides others. A relatively quick scan of the report found more than two dozen instances in which dollar figures were covered over by a thick black bar or omitted entirely.
The money funded an elaborate operation including the detention centers themselves. Additional cash -- sometimes called "subsidies" -- was used to "show appreciation" to host countries that housed the jails.
SNIP...
Outsourcing to former CIA employees:
The report reveals that two psychologists formed a company "specifically for the purpose of conducting their work with the CIA." The company was paid at least $81 million and had a nearly-exclusive contract for staffing the facilities.
[font size="6"][font color="green"]Shortly after the company was founded, "the CIA outsourced virtually all aspects of the program." Many employees were former CIA employees.[/font color][/font size]
The company provided both interrogators and psychologists. According to the Senate report, an inspector general review noted "concerns about conflict of interest" because of how the contractor was paid.
The company would assess the mental state of detainees. It would then collect extra money if its own interrogators were cleared to use "enhanced interrogation techniques."
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http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/09/news/economy/torture-report-cost/
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Psychologists Accused of "Criminal Enterprise" with CIA Over Torture (Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. [View all]
bobthedrummer
Oct 2015
OP
ACLU sues 2 psychologists who "designed the torture methods" used by CIA (Martha Neil 10-14-15 ABA
bobthedrummer
Oct 2015
#3
time for David Niose to blame Dylann Roof on America not listening unquestioningly
MisterP
Oct 2015
#4
DOJ Keeps Government Blind to CIA's Secret Prison Program (Iulia Gheorghiu 11-12-2015 POGO)
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#8
There is a huge flock of people who have blood on their hands in participating or condoning torture.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2015
#9
Yep-and this is "secretly" done in the name of you and I-we, the people...
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#10
Report Concludes C.I.A. Torture Program was Bolstered by American Psychological Association (Ross
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#11
When you can fund via black, gray, and self-generating revenues in a criminal enterprise then lie
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#13
Koch Absolute-Proto-Fascist Infrastructure: The NSA, Booz Allen, Unysis, Verizon & Koch
Octafish
Nov 2015
#15
"Seems like a dream, you've got me hypnotized..." Thanks to all that love the truth, like you, Sir.
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#16
Of course this "enterprise" is international. Here's two on-topic fresh links. Add your own.
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#17
Donald TRUMP is onboard with the waterboard, so is JEB and who else? Think! "We don't torture." k
bobthedrummer
Nov 2015
#18
This is the thread to express your opposition to torturers posing as medical professionals. K.
bobthedrummer
Dec 2015
#19
Cults, especially those that are sucessfully programmed with belief systems by neuroscientists, are
bobthedrummer
Dec 2015
#20
Fact: MK ULTRA/MK SEARCH and other Agency projects employed many APA associates-this continues.
bobthedrummer
Dec 2015
#21
Yep, the summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report was released a year ago-the
bobthedrummer
Dec 2015
#22
Those "grants" and the "classified research" that included termination of subjects are privatized.
bobthedrummer
Jan 2016
#33
Thanks, bob. Time to return our world to sanity, love, peace and gratitude.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2015
#28
There are copies of a CIA Training Manual called KUBARK from the 60's and 80's-declassified in 2014
bobthedrummer
Jan 2016
#31