He Denies Death by Torture, 18x24, oil on canvas, Sandra Koponen © 2015 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)George Tenet, Director of Central IntelligenceJul. 11, 1997 - Jul. 11, 2004Tenet led the CIA when it established secret prisons overseas and tortured its prisoners using “enhanced interrogation techniques,” such as waterboarding. Beginning in early 2002, Tenet met with the National Security Council Principals Committee to obtain approval for the CIA’s use of specific interrogation techniques on each of the so-called “high value” detainees. Tenet reportedly gave detailed descriptions and photographs of the techniques to the Principals Committee, which included Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Tenet signed written interrogation plans and conditions of confinement guidelines that authorized the CIA to use methods including stress positions, walling, slapping, wall standing, waterboarding, and sleep deprivation. Tenet also repeatedly asked for reaffirmation of the CIA’s use of specific interrogation techniques, both from the Principals Committee and from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel.***https://www.aclu.org/infographic/infographic-torture-architects

He Denies Death by Torture, 18x24, oil on canvas, Sandra Koponen © 2015 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence

Jul. 11, 1997 - Jul. 11, 2004

Tenet led the CIA when it established secret prisons overseas and tortured its prisoners using “enhanced interrogation techniques,” such as waterboarding. Beginning in early 2002, Tenet met with the National Security Council Principals Committee to obtain approval for the CIA’s use of specific interrogation techniques on each of the so-called “high value” detainees. Tenet reportedly gave detailed descriptions and photographs of the techniques to the Principals Committee, which included Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Tenet signed written interrogation plans and conditions of confinement guidelines that authorized the CIA to use methods including stress positions, walling, slapping, wall standing, waterboarding, and sleep deprivation. Tenet also repeatedly asked for reaffirmation of the CIA’s use of specific interrogation techniques, both from the Principals Committee and from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel.*

**https://www.aclu.org/infographic/infographic-torture-architects