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CIA Kept Prisoners Alive to Keep Torturing Them, Lawyer Says

CIA Kept Prisoners Alive to Keep Torturing Them, Lawyer Says

Muriel Kane, Raw Story. October 28, 2009.

Human rights lawyer John Sifton says the CIA tried to prevent detainees from dying, "which might sound humanitarian, but was kind of sickening."

Revealed: U.S. Interrogators May Have Killed Dozens of Detainees

John Byrne, Raw Story. May 6, 2009.

In all, 98 detainees have died while in U.S. hands, with 34 identified as homicides, at least eight of which were tortured to death.

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