CIA black sites

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counterterrorism program component covert operation secret detention facility network

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
CIA black sites canonical 2
CIA black operations 1
CIA black ops programs 1

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 ⓘ
Special Rapporteurs ⓘ
surface form: United Nations 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 United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
surface form: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
partOf Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: U.S. War on Terror

CIA black sites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. extraordinary rendition program
policyChange restricted by Executive Order 13491 in 2009 ⓘ
startTime 2001 ⓘ
subjectOf Council of Europe reports ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
surface form: European Parliament investigations

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

Referenced by (6)

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

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → heldIn → CIA black sites ⓘ
Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film) → setInPlace → CIA black sites ⓘ
subject surface form: Zero Dark Thirty
Camp Iguana → hasCategory → CIA black sites ⓘ
this entity surface form: War on Terror detention facilities
CIA black sites → partOf → CIA black sites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. extraordinary rendition program
Ward Abbott → associatedWith → CIA black sites ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIA black operations
Pamela Landy → conflictWith → CIA black sites ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIA black ops programs