CIA IG Report Question of the Morning

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Lots of people have highlighted this passage from the 2004 CIA Inspector General’s report:

Glenn Greenwald has a good rundown of some of the other most damning passages. Here’s what I’m wondering: which country is “widely believed” to include “sexually abusing female relatives in front of the detainee” as part of its interrogation practices? And do we send people there for torture?