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Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by CIA agents to elicit information from terror suspects, US media have reported. | Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by CIA agents to elicit information from terror suspects, US media have reported. |
The reports contain details of a 2004 review by the CIA's inspector general that has been kept secret but is now due to be released next week. | The reports contain details of a 2004 review by the CIA's inspector general that has been kept secret but is now due to be released next week. |
Publication of the CIA report was ordered after a legal challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union. | |
The US has banned harsh interrogation methods, including death threats. | The US has banned harsh interrogation methods, including death threats. |
The gun and the drill were brought into an interrogation session of suspected USS Cole bomber and alleged al-Qaeda commander Rahim al-Nashiri, according to reports in the Washington Post, Newsweek magazine and AP news agency. | The gun and the drill were brought into an interrogation session of suspected USS Cole bomber and alleged al-Qaeda commander Rahim al-Nashiri, according to reports in the Washington Post, Newsweek magazine and AP news agency. |
The CIA report says the drill was held near Saudi-born Mr Nashiri's head and repeatedly turned on and off, the reports said. The agents showed him the gun and tried to frighten him into thinking he would be shot. | The CIA report says the drill was held near Saudi-born Mr Nashiri's head and repeatedly turned on and off, the reports said. The agents showed him the gun and tried to frighten him into thinking he would be shot. |
In another case, a gun was fired in another room to lead a detainee to believe another suspect had been killed. | In another case, a gun was fired in another room to lead a detainee to believe another suspect had been killed. |
CIA documents already released under ACLU pressure indicate that Mr Nashiri is one of several Guantanamo Bay detainees who were subjected to waterboarding - a practice that simulates drowning. | CIA documents already released under ACLU pressure indicate that Mr Nashiri is one of several Guantanamo Bay detainees who were subjected to waterboarding - a practice that simulates drowning. |
Waterboarding was one of a number of "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Justice Department in 2002 under President George W Bush. | Waterboarding was one of a number of "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Justice Department in 2002 under President George W Bush. |
President Barack Obama has since said waterboarding constitutes torture. US law on torture forbids threatening detainees with imminent death. | President Barack Obama has since said waterboarding constitutes torture. US law on torture forbids threatening detainees with imminent death. |
US Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices. | US Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices. |
A retired CIA official who lead the 2004 investigation said the report about to be released is a comprehensive review of what the CIA did under the secret detention and interrogation programme began after the 11 September 2001 attacks, AP said. | A retired CIA official who lead the 2004 investigation said the report about to be released is a comprehensive review of what the CIA did under the secret detention and interrogation programme began after the 11 September 2001 attacks, AP said. |