Probe into CIA torture, killing of detainees closed without charges

On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder closed the investigation without anyone being held accountable for the deaths of terrorist suspects Gul Rahman in Afghanistan and Manadel al-Jamadi in Iraq.
 
"Based on the fully developed factual record concerning the two deaths, the department has declined prosecution because the admissible evidence would not be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt," Holder said.
 
Federal prosecutor John Durham, who launched a wide-ranging criminal investigation into interrogation techniques during the presidency of George W. Bush in 2008, has looked into the treatment of 101 detainees in US custody since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
 
The probe was initially launched to investigate the destruction of videos that filmed interrogations during which waterboarding and other techniques were applied to suspects.
 
Meanwhile, Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union has slammed the decision, saying that the “shameful record” of protecting criminals is nothing short of a scandal.
 
The Center for Constitutional Rights also criticized the US for absolving its crimes over the past decade.
 
    CIA officials argue that the inhumane interrogation tactics used by their officials are in complete agreement with those permitted during the previous administration. However, the administration of US President Barack Obama banned the use of waterboading in 2009.
 
 
Rahman died in 2002, in a secret CIA facility known as Salt Pit in Afghanistan, while the second victim, was tortured to death at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq a year later.
 
After a military autopsy was carried out on al-Jamadi, his death was classified as a homicide.