Enhanced interrogation techniques

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"Enhanced interrogation techniques" or "enhanced interrogation" was a program of systematic torture of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and various components of the US Armed Forces at remote sites around the world — including Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, Rabat (Temara interrogation centre), Udon Thani (Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base), Vilnius (in Antaviliai), Bucharest and Stare Kiejkuty — authorized by officials of the George W. Bush administration.

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