--- description: A 2006 article by Ron Suskind is mentioned in the Senate Torture Report title: Senate Torture Report: Read the TIME Story Mentioned Within image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [politics](/tag/politics/) ## politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the TIME Story That 'Concerned' the CIA on Torture  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Updated: Jan 24, 2024 3:07 PM CUTPublished: Dec 9, 2014 5:46 PM CUT  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Updated: Jan 24, 2024 3:07 PM CUTPublished: Dec 9, 2014 5:46 PM CUT About two hundred pages into the [newly released summary of the Senate’s report](http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/study2014/sscistudy1.pdf "undefined") on interrogation techniques used by the CIA, the fact-checking procedure for a Sept. 6, 2006, speech by President Bush is closely parsed. In the speech, Bush stated that the interrogation procedures in question had helped the CIA capture top terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. However, questions quickly arose over whether important information had actually come from interrogation, or if it had been found out through other methods. One of the responses to the speech mentioned in the Senate Report is a 2006 TIME article, “The Unofficial Story of the al-Qaeda 14.” The CIA, the Report states, “was concerned about an article by Ron Suskind in _Time Magazine_ that also challenged the assertions in the speech about the captures of Ramzi bin al-Shibh and KSM.” (Other TIME articles cited in the Senate report are [a 2002 story about an attack in Bali](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,395342,00.html "undefined") and [a 2011 interview with Jose Rodriguez](http://swampland.time.com/2011/05/04/did-torture-get-the-us-osama-bin-laden/ "undefined"), the former head of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center.) The Suskind article, published shortly after Bush’s speech, questions the justifications and usefulness of torture — and, yes, questions the speech: --- > “” --- **_Read the full article, free of charge, here in TIME’s archives:_** [The Unofficial Story of the al-Qaeda 14](http://time.com/3625611/the-unofficial-story-of-the-al-qaeda-14/ "undefined"). **_Follow Suskind at_** [**_www.ronsuskind.com_**](http://www.ronsuskind.com/ "undefined") **_and_** [**_@RonSuskind_**](https://twitter.com/RonSuskind "undefined")**_._** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/"},"headline":"Read the TIME Story That 'Concerned' the CIA on Torture","datePublished":"2014-12-09T17:46:52.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T15:07:15.000Z","description":"A 2006 article by Ron Suskind is mentioned in the Senate Torture Report","url":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/","keywords":["politics","Senate","Media","torture","CIA"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/","name":"Read the TIME Story That 'Concerned' the CIA on Torture"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Dianne Feinstein on Torture Report","description":"Dianne Feinstein on Torture Report","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PgrKdhsm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-09T17:23:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PgrKdhsm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/","duration":"PT52S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3625656/torture-report-time-story-central-intelligence-agency/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```