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Report: CIA Took Naked Photos of Detainees Before Sending Them for Torture

HeadlineMar 29, 2016

The Guardian newspaper has revealed the CIA took naked photographs of people it sent to foreign countries for torture. The photographs, described by one U.S. official as “very gruesome,” were reportedly taken to protect the CIA from ramifications if the prisoners were tortured after being transferred to foreign custody. Human rights groups said taking naked photographs of prisoners constitutes sexual humiliation and could even be a war crime.

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