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International reaction to the C.I.A. interrogation report
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (C) arrives at the Capitol December 9, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The details of a report on CIA's use of torture conducted by the Senate Intelligence Committee was released yesterday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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International reaction to the C.I.A. interrogation report
Yesterday the Senate Intelligence Committee released a partial report on CIA interrogation methods in the wake of 9-11.
These interrogation methods included water boarding and other harsh physical abuses that did NOT lead to actionable intelligence.
The report also found that C.I.A. officials routinely misled the White House and Congress about the information it obtained, and failed to provide basic oversight of the secret prisons it established around the world.
We'll talk about the international response with
, he's the BBC's Middle East reporter