Human rights groups and the United Nations- outraged by revelations of brutality by CIA interrogators- are calling for the masterminds of the agency's intelligence program to be prosecuted.
As criticism against the CIA mounts the Agency has pushed back against claims it's actions were ineffective, illegal and brutal.
Our correspondent in Washington, Kevin McAleese...
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The fall-out from the Senate's 5-year investigation into the grisly interrogation practices of the CIA continues
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President Obama talking to telemundo said the Agency's actions were contrary to 'who we are as a nation.'
The general outcry was elevated by the UN's expert on counter terrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson who called for the prosecution of the CIA officials involved in the torture of detainees during George W Bush's administration.
Presidential spokesman Josh Earnest says the CIA torture practices post 9-11 significantly undermined the moral authority of the USA.
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Democrat Mark Udall went even further in his scathing assessment of the Agency's reaction to the findings.
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However, Speaking with Fox News, former CIA director Michael Hayden said the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees worked.
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The report, which has placed unprecedented strain on the relations between between the CIA and congress, also says the intelligence that led to Osama bin Laden's whereabouts was "acquired from sources unrelated" to the CIA's interrogation program. The Agency, however, begs to differ.
Critics of the report maintain it's contents have placed US facilities and personnel overseas in danger of violence and even death.
Kevin McAleese, Washington.