CIA black sites

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CIA black sites were secret overseas detention and interrogation facilities operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as part of its post-9/11 counterterrorism program.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf counterterrorism program component ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ
secret detention facility network ⓘ
associatedWithPractice extraordinary rendition ⓘ
rectal feeding ⓘ
sensory deprivation ⓘ
sleep deprivation ⓘ
stress positions ⓘ
waterboarding ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
criticizedBy European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations special rapporteurs ⓘ
linked to: Special Rapporteurs

civil liberties groups ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
endTime late 2000s ⓘ
justifiedBy U.S. government as necessary for national security ⓘ
legalStatus alleged violation of UN Convention Against Torture ⓘ
controversial under international law ⓘ
outside normal U.S. judicial process ⓘ
locationCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Diego Garcia ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
mainPurpose detention of terrorism suspects ⓘ
interrogation of terrorism suspects ⓘ
notableDetaineeHeld Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri ⓘ
Abu Zubaydah ⓘ
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ⓘ
notableFacility Detention Site Black ⓘ
Detention Site Blue ⓘ
Detention Site Cobalt ⓘ
operator Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
oversightBody U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
partOf U.S. War on Terror ⓘ
U.S. extraordinary rendition program ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
policyChange restricted by Executive Order 13491 in 2009 ⓘ
startTime 2001 ⓘ
subjectOf Council of Europe reports ⓘ
European Parliament investigations ⓘ
linked to: European Parliament

Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture ⓘ
usedFor enhanced interrogation techniques ⓘ
secret detention without trial ⓘ
usePeakPeriod 2002–2006 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → heldIn → CIA black sites ⓘ
Zero Dark Thirty → setInPlace → CIA black sites ⓘ
subject linked to: Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film)
Camp Iguana → hasCategory → War on Terror detention facilities ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
CIA black sites → partOf → U.S. extraordinary rendition program ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Ward Abbott → associatedWith → CIA black operations ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Pamela Landy → conflictWith → CIA black ops programs ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri → previouslyHeldAt → CIA black sites ⓘ
Ramzi bin al-Shibh → detainedAt → CIA black sites ⓘ
Detention Site Cobalt → partOf → CIA detention and interrogation program ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Detention Site Cobalt → linkedTo → CIA extraordinary rendition network ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Detention Site Black → partOf → CIA rendition, detention, and interrogation program ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Detention Site Black → alsoKnownAs → CIA black site in Poland ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture → examinesProgram → CIA Detention and Interrogation Program ⓘ
linked to: CIA black sites
Abu Zubaydah → detainedAt → CIA black sites ⓘ