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Fright tactics by CIA spur criminal probe

Some detainee interrogations labeled 'inhumane' in report

Posted: August 25, 2009 at 4:38 a.m.

The Obama administration disclosed new cases of purported abuse in the CIA's interrogation program, issuing a report Monday that describes prisoners being choked to the point of passing out and threatened with harm to their immediate families.

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