CIA says shuttering detention "black sites"

[thundley4]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA will decommission the infamous "black sites" where terrorism suspects were interrogated with harsh techniques that included waterboarding, agency director Leon Panetta said on Thursday.

Panetta said in a letter to agency employees that he had informed Congress of the CIA's detention policies following an order by President Barack Obama in January banning harsh interrogations and ordering that the secret detention sites be closed.

He said the agency had also discontinued using contract employees to conduct interrogations, a concern of influential congressional members who called the practice an invitation to abuse.

"CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites and has proposed a plan to decommission the remaining sites," Panetta wrote. "I have directed our Agency personnel to take charge of the decommissioning process and have further directed that the contracts for site security be promptly terminated."

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The last remaining Anti-Terrorism tactic is swept away under the 0Bama administration.

[dutch508]

...because pre-9/11 tactics worked so well...

[TheSarge]

Everywhere around the world today terrorists are smiling...and plotting.

[Jim]

Don't get excited, the CIA does not need taxpayer dollars to do the things it needs to do nor does it ask permission of fools.

There are grownups who know what is important and what is not.

[rich_t]

Don't get excited, the CIA does not need taxpayer dollars to do the things it needs to do nor does it ask permission of fools.

There are grownups who know what is important and what is not.

Shhhh....

You aren't supposed to know that, much less post about it in public.