Introduction

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The Senate report on the C.I.A.’s use of torture in the “war on terror” is “a portrait of depravity that is hard to comprehend and even harder to stomach,” The New York Times editorial board said. In claiming the program obtained useful information, C.I.A. leaders lied to the White House and Congress, the report said.

The Justice Department has declined to prosecute anyone involved in the program. But is there anything that can be done now to prevent such abuses in the future, or hold those responsible to account?