CIA ​torture victims' case will go forward after judge hears claims – as it happened

[Will Wiley]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...e-victims-program-judge-considers-claims-live

For the first time in a civil lawsuit brought by victims of the CIA torture program, a federal judge has allowed the case to move forward
Judge Justin Quackenbush denied a motion to dismiss the case against two contract psychologists, the architects of the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program
In 30 days, attorneys for the psychologists and the three victims who sued and the Department of Justice must come up with a plan for discovery
During the discovery process, depositions will be taken of the psychologists and the victims, among others, and the DoJ will help figure out how to navigate a plethora of classified information

“While being subjected to the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques and afterwards, multiple CIA detainees fabricated information, resulting in faulty intelligence. Detainees provided fabricated information on critical intelligence issues, including the terrorist threats which the CIA identified as its highest priorities.”

https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/salim-v-mitchell-statement-interest-united-states

 

[Nice Squirrel]

“While being subjected to the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques and afterwards, multiple CIA detainees fabricated information, resulting in faulty intelligence. Detainees provided fabricated information on critical intelligence issues, including the terrorist threats which the CIA identified as its highest priorities.”

Well of course. We've know that information gathered under torture is unreliable for thousands of years. This is why torture was used as punishment and not for reliable information gathering. The psychologist apparently never heard of effective interrogation techniques and were probably hired to rubber stamp some official's desire to use torture.