The documents made public a series of memos detailing interrogation methods that President Barack Obama has labeled "torture" but the CIA refers to as "expanded interrogation" and has also been called "enhanced interrogation techniques." "One possibility is to threaten to place stinging insects into the cramped confinement box with" the detainee "but instead place harmless insects," the document says. In a document titled "Description of Physical Pressures," potential physical and psychological pressures are discussed to include a facial slap, use of diapers, "insects," and "mock burial." The documents also contain internal discussions of the legality of these methods. The disclosure was in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Source: CNN June 15, 2016 20:26 UTC