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ReutersU.S. Senate panel sets goals for CIA probe
Thu Mar 5, 2009 6:27pm EST
* Inquiry to evaluate intelligence from interrogations
* It will take about one year, and be in secret
* No decision on whether to make findings public
* CIA pledges to cooperate (Adds inquiry to start "soon," aide comments)
By Randall Mikkelsen
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate inquiry on the CIA's treatment of terrorism suspects will probe the usefulness of intelligence gained through harsh interrogations and whether the agency complied with official legal guidance.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and Republican Vice Chairman Kit Bond announced on Thursday the scope of the inquiry into the CIA's controversial detention and interrogation program. They said it would take about a year.
In the program launched after the Sept. 11 attacks, suspects were subjected techniques including simulated drowning, or "waterboarding," that were denounced as torture by human rights advocates, some U.S. officials, and international governments.
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