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CIA Inspector General’s Report Underscores Need for Independent Investigation

For Immediate Release: August 24, 2009

Washington, DC A CIA Inspector General report released today by the Obama Administration provides compelling evidence  that detention and interrogation practices implemented in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks violated U.S. law, created obstacles to holding terrorists accountable for their crimes, and ultimately made Americans less safe, according to Human Rights First.


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