The now defunct programme's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, which included simulated drowning known as water boarding, were criticized around the world. The CIA black sites were located in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Thailand and Afghanistan. In 2006, Bush ended the use of harsh interrogation techniques and closed all the blacks sites except for one in Kabul. "WORRISOME"Human rights groups decried any attempt to bring back the black sites. As a conservative congressman from Kansas, Pompeo defended the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation techniques, arguing that they produced useful intelligence.

Source: The Star January 25, 2017 20:09 UTC