The Bush Administration pledged not use torture
7Torture is defined by the UN Convention against Torture, which the US has signed, as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person" in order to get information.
The US legal code defines torture as an action "specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering", while the US Constitution bans "cruel and unusual punishment".
Human rights groups and several foreign governments said that the CIA programme included torture.
But the US government under Mr Bush did not agree and made a distinction between "torture", which it accepted is banned by US and international law, and "enhanced interrogation techniques".
The CIA destroyed video tapes of interrogations because, according to one agent involved, if the public had seen them it would have destroyed the Agency.
A senate investigation into the CIA after Obama took office found that the CIA had in fact tortured many people with as many as 100 dying.
While it seems the torture ended ended under President Obama’s watch noone was held responsible for the past abuses and Obama made the full Senate report classified until 2029.
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