--- title: Senate Report Blasts CIA's Handling of Interrogation Program description: The CIA made false claims about intelligence gained from enhanced interrogation techniques, the report says canonical: https://time.com/44635/senate-cia-interrogation/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-01T02:04:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:28.900Z article:section: Politics og:title: Senate Report Blasts CIA's Handling of Interrogation Program og:description: The CIA made false claims about intelligence gained from enhanced interrogation techniques, the report says og:url: https://time.com/44635/senate-cia-interrogation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2c50fa11d1b7ae1/6986883c36176009f690b372/ap100606276342.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dianne Feinstein og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Senate Report Blasts CIA's Handling of Interrogation Program twitter:description: The CIA made false claims about intelligence gained from enhanced interrogation techniques, the report says twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2c50fa11d1b7ae1/6986883c36176009f690b372/ap100606276342.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Senate Report Blasts CIA's Handling of Interrogation Program ## Video: Senate Report Slams CIA For Interrogation Techniques [Watch (HLS stream): Senate Report Slams CIA For Interrogation Techniques](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/q5MG47lr.m3u8) (1:46)  _Published 2014-04-01. So-called "enhanced interrogation" techiques are under new scrutiny as the Senate Intelligence Committee reexamines the CIA's record._  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Apr 1, 2014 2:04 AM UTC  Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein arrives at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on March 27, 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein arrives at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on March 27, 2014J. Scott Applewhite—AP  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Apr 1, 2014 2:04 AM UTC A new Senate Intelligence Committee [report](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-misled-on-interrogation-program-senate-report-says/2014/03/31/eb75a82a-b8dd-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245%5Fstory.html) is lambasting the CIA for misleading Americans about its controversial Bush-era interrogation program, the Washington _Post_ reports. Citing unnamed officials who have reviewed the still undisclosed document, the _Post_ reports that it alleges the CIA claimed it gained actionable intelligence after using its harshest interrogation techniques, when in fact that information was gained before agents resorted to such measures. CIA officials also tried to conceal the extremity of the agency’s most brutal interrogation techniques, the report says, practices many have decried as torture. Another section of the report based on what the _Post_ calls “millions of records” says information that led to the 2011 death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had “little, if anything” to do with “enhanced interrogation techniques,” as government officials have called the agency’s most controversial methods. The committee will ask the White House on Thursday to make public a part of the still classified report. Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic California Senator, [said](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/dianne-feinstein-cia-report-105229.html) Monday that she believes the Obama Administration will declassify the report so all Americans can read her committee’s work. “I believe they will, hopefully quickly,” Feinstein said, according to [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/dianne-feinstein-cia-report-105229.html)_._ Feinstein [accused the CIA](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-cia-searched-intelligence-committee-computers/2014/03/11/982cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c%5Fstory.html) earlier in March of improperly searching a Senate computer set up for committee staffers to conduct their investigation. \[[Washington _Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-misled-on-interrogation-program-senate-report-says/2014/03/31/eb75a82a-b8dd-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245%5Fstory.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/44635/senate-cia-interrogation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/44635/senate-cia-interrogation/"},"headline":"Senate Report Blasts CIA's Handling of Interrogation Program","datePublished":"2014-04-01T02:04:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:01:28.900Z","description":"A new Senate Intelligence Committee report lambasts the CIA for minimizing the brutality and exaggerating the efficacy of Bush-era interrogation techniques. 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