Torture and Rendition
In public testimony, CIA officials have described individuals being subjected to harsh interrogation and imprisonment methods, although there has been much arguing about when those methods constitute torture. There have been allegations and substantial evidence the CIA uses black sites in other countries, to avoid US law about harsh interrogation on US territory.
A claim that the black sites existed was made by The Washington Post in November 2005 and before by human rights NGOs. US President George W. Bush acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006.
There are US officials (e.g., John Yoo) and scholars (e.g., Alan Dershowitz) who argue that torture may be justifiable.
Read more about this topic: CIA Transnational Human Rights Actions
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