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Shocking New Report: The CIA Performed Human Experiments on Prisoners Under Bush

A new report details how the effects of torture on detainees were closely studied in order to perfect 'enhanced interrogation techniques.'

Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.

Perhaps the most chilling aspect is that medical professionals apparently conducted a form of research on the detainees, without their consent.

The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Warned that the interrogation program would produce "unreliable information."

Sen. Carl Levin recommends AG Eric Holder appoint a 'distinguished individual or individuals' to 'establish accountability of high-level officials.'

Aside from the sheer number of times KSM and Abu Zubaydah were waterboarded, the CIA far exceeded the guidelines outlined in the torture memos.

The memo's gross distortion of psychological research makes it hard to imagine they were used in "good faith" as the Obama administration says.

With the Army Field Manual likely to become the new standard for interrogation, the truth behind it is more crucial than ever.

Buried in Appendix M of the Army Field Manual, the Guantanamo virus is spreading, and eradicating it will require all of us to spread the word.

They could, if the right questions were asked.

As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."

At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week, answers about the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogations" finally came to light.