As journalists, experts, and advocates sift through the Senate report in real time, a picture of brutality, obfuscation and mismanagement emerges

See the most damning parts of the CIA torture report with your own eyes

Senator Dianne Feinstein has released the Senate intelligence committee’s long-anticipated report on CIA torture. Reporters and experts are combing through its hundreds of pages as we speak, and are documenting what they discover in real time.



While we’ve already summarized some of the methods that the CIA used on its detainees, the actual text of the report speaks for itself.

Here are some of the most shocking things that have been uncovered from the report so far. We’ll update throughout the day.

Gruesome details of the methods the CIA used to torture detainees have begun to emerge...

Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) The CIA was running dungeons as bad as that of any dictatorship in the world. Monstrous: pic.twitter.com/LQl090QN7l

dominic rushe (@dominicru) CIA torture report: agent threatened to cut throat of detainee's mother – live http://t.co/ZyjQeVcNQD pic.twitter.com/SCcaO39bPS

Ewen MacAskill (@ewenmacaskill) Handcuffed CIA prisoner hanging from bar 22 hours a day for two days. "was wearing a diaper and had no access to toilet facilities".

ACLU National (@ACLU) #TortureReport: Sleep deprivation involved keeping detainees awake for up to 180 hours http://t.co/GBUA2V8Mcp

Matt Ford (@fordm) Buried in a largely-redacted footnote: at least one officer played Russian roulette with a detainee. pic.twitter.com/I7z8Bl6B1j

Elizabeth Dias. (@elizabethjdias) The full section on using religion in torture: #TortureReport p 486 pic.twitter.com/8l5nWyxG14

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) A Yemeni named Walid al-Qadasi said this happened to him in CIA custody in Afghanistan: pic.twitter.com/A0FrVQKbRy

...As well as revelations of the serious problems with how the program was run.

Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) CIA leadership refused to punish officer who literally killed a detainee during torture session. pic.twitter.com/8Jsm9P52nw

Ujamaadam Serwer (@AdamSerwer) CIA official Jose Rodriguez objected to vetting of CIA officials, some of whom were guilty of sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/m9eTUxAT20

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

southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) The first guy the CIA put in charge of their black site for interrogating prisoners (http://t.co/zY07Z24fO3): pic.twitter.com/vHS0yWzjrn

dominic rushe (@dominicru) CIA torture shrinks got $180m for their work - work committee says was useless. – live http://t.co/PgHibfM9Gb pic.twitter.com/V7t8blLJ6p

And perhaps most importantly, the Senate report is laying bare instances of obfuscation and dishonesty by the CIA.

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) As of 2005, CIA said it had detained 94 ppl btw 2001-05. Senate study (extends after '05) says CIA detained 119.

Alan Yuhas (@AlanYuhas) A CIA officer testified that Abu Zubaydah thanked agents for torturing him; no CIA records support this testimony. pic.twitter.com/czavbTwnVT

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) White House, helming Most Transparent Administration in History, withheld over 9000 CIA torture documents to Senate. pic.twitter.com/QejVkuoCE3

Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) Here are some people the Senate *didn't* say were wrongfully detained. (Always. Read. Footnotes.) pic.twitter.com/NkObW4Umy0

dominic rushe (@dominicru) CIA torture shrinks got $180m for their work - work committee says was useless. – live http://t.co/PgHibfM9Gb pic.twitter.com/V7t8blLJ6p