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Release of CIA Torture Report Should Not End Investigations: HRW

© AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite, FileIn this 2005 file photo, a workman slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington
In this 2005 file photo, a workman slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington - Sputnik International
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On Tuesday, the US Senate Intelligence Committee was expected to release a 600-page summary of a detailed investigation into CIA interrogation techniques that were used on alleged al-Qaeda agents in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

As the CIA torture report is scheduled for release, US mobilizes response teams of up to 2,000 in various locations around the globe to prevent potential violence. - Sputnik International
Release of CIA Torture Report Could Spark Violence Overseas, Protests
NEW YORK, December 9 (Sputnik) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for ongoing probes into US torture practices to continue after the as-yet unreleased report on the CIA's post-9/11 use of the so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques".

"Two US administrations have kept the extent of abuses by the CIA program from the American public for far too long," Laura Pitter, the group's national security advisor, told Sputnik. "We hope the release of the summary will be the beginning, not the end, of investigations into US torture to ensure it never happens again."

Protest against torture in Washington. - Sputnik International
What You Need to Know About New CIA Torture Report
On Tuesday, the US Senate Intelligence Committee was expected to release a 600-page summary of a detailed investigation into CIA interrogation techniques that were used on alleged al-Qaeda agents in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Security has been boosted at US facilities around the world this week ahead of the release of the controversial report amid fears that new evidence of waterboarding and other forms of torture will incite revenge attacks against the United States.

The report has reignited a debate in Washington over what constitutes torture, and whether those working in the administration of former President George W. Bush were defending the nation from further attacks or trampling on international laws and human rights.

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