As soon as the long-awaited Senate report on Bush-era CIA torture of detainees was released to the Internet today, readers began mining it for the most outrageous examples of brutality, malfeasance, profiteering, and cover-up they could find.

We’ve collected some of the ones that caught our eye. What gems did you uncover? Post them in the comments.



“Rectal hydration” — maybe the detail that’s getting the most attention this afternoon…

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CIA interrogator: "We can never let the world know what I have done to you." #TortureReport pic.twitter.com/KNhakP9Xmq — Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) December 9, 2014

@CIA chained a guy to a wall of a dungeon and he died from exposure. because, freedom pic.twitter.com/sruOLQARGk — Tim Dickinson (@7im) December 9, 2014

The Post broke the secret prisons story in Nov. 2005. Report says CIA didn't give Bush full briefing on harsh tactics until April 2006. — Jason Ukman (@JasonUkman) December 9, 2014

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"Several on the team profoundly affected.. .some to the point of tears and choking up” during Abu Zubaydah sessions pic.twitter.com/fxfHz675uz — Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) December 9, 2014

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The 2 psychologists who helped the @CIA create the torture techniques made over $81 million doing so. #TortureReport pic.twitter.com/nA5fkQKhkx — Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein) December 9, 2014

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The CIA tortured its own informants by accident. pic.twitter.com/KodHWB7K7N — max seddon (@maxseddon) December 9, 2014

No surprise that the worst revelations in the #TortureReport seem to be buried in the small print in the footnotes pic.twitter.com/btu4gLid3F — Anonymous (@AnonyOps) December 9, 2014

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“insects placed in a confinement box” pic.twitter.com/4F6H5hPRa3 — Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) December 9, 2014

@tomwilson23 @mehdirhasan I don't remember the series of 24 where Jack Bauer forcefully rectally fed a detainee either #TortureReport — Carl Besoul (@besoul7) December 9, 2014

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Officials in foreign countries took petty bribes from the CIA to allow detainees to be tortured. pic.twitter.com/0Y4TfueCoD — max seddon (@maxseddon) December 9, 2014

Abu Zubaydah basically spent nearly two weeks in a coffin #TortureReport pic.twitter.com/hq8fUfvZLf — A Christmas Tree (@moneyries) December 9, 2014

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CIA knew their actions were illegal, considered asking DoJ to promise not to prosecute pic.twitter.com/UR37gVKajF HT @JC_Christian — Josh Rosenau (@JoshRosenau) December 9, 2014

CIA told personnel Abu Zubaydah’s interrogation should take “precedence” over treating his bullet wound pic.twitter.com/cWo5e6xWfW — Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) December 9, 2014

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