Additional Resources
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At the Center of the Storm
by George J. Tenet
Read an excerpt which describes the attempts by Al Qaeda to acquire nuclear weapons.
The Lawfare blog has prepared a summary of the main claims in the Senate Intelligence Committee Majority Report, together with the response or rebuttal from the Minority Report and Agency Response. Please select each part below to read more:
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 1
By Wells Bennett, Cody Poplin and Benjamin Bissell; December 9, 2014
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 2
By Cody Poplin and Benjamin Bissell; December 9, 2014
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 3
By Wells Bennett, Cody Poplin and Benjamin Bissell; December 10, 2014
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 4
By Wells Bennett and Matt Danzer; December 11, 2014
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 5
By Cody Poplin, Alex Ely and Matt Danzer; December 12, 2014
President Bush's Speech on Terrorism
New York Times; September 6, 2006
Summary of the High Value Detention Program
Office of the Director of National Intelligence; 2006
Declassified Documents
The CSI Study: Overview of CIA-Congress Interactions Concerning the Agency's Rendition-Detention-Interrogation Program
Exhibit A; Humane Treatment of al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees; February 7, 2002
Exhibit B; Memorandum for the Record; Humane Treatment of CIA Detainees
Scott W. Muller, General Counsel; February 12, 2003
Exhibit C; Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency from Jay S. Bybee, Assistant Attorney General
Interrogation of al Qaeda Operative; August 1, 2002
Exhibit D; Legal Principles Applicable to CIA Detention and Interrogation of Captured Al-Qa'ida Personnel; June 16, 2003
Exhibit E; Memorandum from the General Counsel of the Department of Defense to Senator Patrick J. Leahy; June 25, 2003
Exhibit F; Memorandum from the Director of Central Intelligence to the National Security Advisor; Reaffirmation of the Central Intelligence Agency's Interrogation Program; July 3, 2003
Exhibit G; Review of Interrogation Program on 29 July 2003
Scott W. Muller; August 5, 2003
Exhibit H; CIA Interrogation Program; July 29, 2003
Exhibit I; Memorandum of Meeting With the DCI Regarding DOJ's Statement That DOJ Has Rendered No Legal Opinion on Whether CIA's Use of Interrogation Techniques Would Meet Constitutional Standards; May 24, 2004
Exhibit J; Interim Guidance for Standard and Enhanced Interrogations; June 25, 2003
Exhibit K; Memorandum of meeting between DCIA, CIA General Counsel and the Attorney General; June 25, 2003
Exhibit L; Talking Points for DCI Telephone Conversation with Attorney General: DOJ's Legal Opinion re CIA's Counterterrorist Program (CT) Interrogation
Exhibit M; Memorandum for Deputy Director for Operations from Director of Central Intelligence; Suspension of Use of Interrogation Techniques; June 4, 2004
Exhibit N; Memorandum for the National Security Advisor; Review of CIA Interrogation Program; June 4, 2004
Exhibit O; Memorandum to Jack L. Goldsmith, III; Assistant Attorney General; June 14, 2004
Exhibit P; Memorandum to John Helgerson, Inspector General, CIA from Jack Goldsmith III, Assistant Attorney General
Special Review: Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities; June 18, 2004
Exhibit Q; Memorandum for John D. Rockefeller IV from Director, Central Intelligence; June 22, 2004
Exhibit R; DCI Talking Points: CIA Detainee Issues; July 2, 2004
Exhibit S; CIA Request for Guidance Regarding interrogation of [redacted]; 2004
Exhibit T; Memorandum for the Record; Meeting with National Security Advisor Rice in the White House Situation Room; Friday [redacted] 2004 re: Interrogations and Detainee [redacted]
John P. Mudd, Deputy Director DCI Counterterrorist Center; 2004
Exhibit U; Memorandum for John E. McLaughlin, Acting Director of Central Intelligence from John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General; July 22, 2004
Exhibit V; Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Acting General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency from Daniel B. Levin, Acting Assistant Attorney General; August 6, 2004
Exhibit W; Memorandum for James B. Comey, Deputy Attorney General; Re: Legal Standards Applicable Under 18 U.S.C. 2340-2340A; 2004
Exhibit X; Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency from Steven G. Bradbury, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Re: Application of United States Obligations Under Article-16 of the Convention Against Torture to Certain Techniques that May Be Used in the interrogation of High Value al Qaeda Detainees; May 30, 2005
For more information on the CIA's rendition, detention and interrogation program:
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At the Center of the Storm
by George J. Tenet
Read an excerpt
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Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack
by Marc Thiessen
Read an excerpt
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Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives
by Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
Read an excerpt
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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
by John Rizzo
Read an excerpt