Obama vows no more torture, CIA 'damaged America' - update

(ANSA) - New York, December 9 - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would make sure that the United States never again resorted to torture after a damning Senate report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program.
    The report said that the agency used "brutal" methods and misled policymakers in the White House about them. Furthermore, the report said that the interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects were not even effective. "Today's report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence details one element of our nation's response to 9/11 - the CIA's detention and interrogation program, which I formally ended on one of my first days in office," Obama said in a statement. "The report documents a troubling program involving enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects in secret facilities outside the United States, and it reinforces my long-held view that these harsh methods were not only inconsistent with our values as nation, they did not serve our broader counterterrorism efforts or our national security interests.
    "I will continue to use my authority as President to make sure we never resort to those methods again".