2003 CIA Cable Details Torture Methods Against a Detainee at a Black Site

2003 CIA Cable Details Torture Methods Against a Detainee at a Black Site

A 2003 CIA cable details stunning torture methods against a detainee at a black site, carried out without permission and removed from reports to headquarters. The cable recounts how an interrogator put a cordless drill close to Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s body and pressed the “on switch” and “let the drill run.” The incident reportedly took place weeks after al-Nashiri was waterboarded at the CIA black site. A handgun was also held to al-Nashiri’s…