Persicus Maximus

Senate Intelligence Committee's Report (USA) was permitted to published a 10% summary of its report on the CIA's torture program. To get a sense of the gravity of the abuses here are the "TOP 15",  detailed by this (90% censored) report. ! 1. CIA put hummus in detainees rectums  2. CIA forced detainees to stand on broken feet  3. CIA threatened to rape mothers of detainees   4. CIA waterboarded one detainee at least 183 times  5. CIA nearly drowned to death two detainees during their sessions   6.        A Detainee lost his left eye while in CIA custody  7.      CIA held torture sessions knowing they'd worsen detainees' injuries  8.CIA kept detainees awake for as long as 180 hours (over a week)  9. Verified CIA killing of at least one person under torture  10. Some CIA interrogators objected to the tortures (but were ordered to keep going by senior officials)  11. At least 26 out of 119 known detainees

    Topic of discussion included the chances of success in the negotiations , the role of the hardliners in Iran, United States , Israel and Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, it was a question of whether the USA, in the face of the recent sudden emergence of the terror organization of DAEASH (ISIS)- would be willing to finally accept Iran as the regional power it apparently is- in hoping to stop this phenomenon (ISIS) that has been unleashed in the region.