According to a report released by Human Rights First and Physicians for Human Rights, CIA prisoner “interrogation
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Torture techniques include sleep and sensory deprivation, sexual humiliation, simulated drowning and putting prisoners in physically stressful positions. The practices may lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis, substance abuse and suicide.
On July 20, Bush issued an executive order to the CIA with guidelines for the treatment of prisoners. However, the order is a thin political cover for torture—it contains only broad generalities, with a separate classified document detailing what specific techniques are actually allowed.
