The shocking revelations of CIA torture techniques give France a reason to exit NATO, National Front party leader Marine Le Pen said on Saturday. The report on the CIA\u2019s former interrogation practices has drawn wide criticism since its release.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf indeed everyone is outraged by the tortures used by the US then, let\u2019s leave NATO,\u201d Le Pen said during an interview with Europe 1 radio channel. She wrote the same statement on her Twitter account.<\/p>\n
The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA \u201ctorture report,\u201d which details the CIA\u2019s use of torture on prisoners in the wake of 9\/11, was released by the Senate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Le Pen has previously criticized French President Francois Hollande\u2019s close ties with the US and called on France to leave NATO.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze in June, Le Pen said that NATO is an opportunity for the United States to extend its influence.<\/p>\n
At a cost of over $40 million, the findings unveiled the \u201cenhanced interrogation techniques,\u201d or EITs, used within the walls of covert, overseas prisons by the CIA.<\/p>\n
The report raised serious questions over controversial tactics which included sleep deprivation, waterboarding, rectal feeding, and others. Dianne Feinstein, the committee chair, admitted that the techniques were \u201ctorture,\u201d though the word was never used in the report.<\/p>\n
The findings also revealed that the CIA\u2019s treatment breached the body’s legal mandate, as investigators said they found evidence of the intelligence agency\u2019s systematic deception of Congress. Despite the methods used, the agency failed to gather information that foiled subsequent threats to US national security, the report found.<\/p>\n
Since the report’s release, prominent human rights groups have demanded to prosecute the responsible US officials listed in the document.<\/p>\n
Despite widespread criticism and a wave of outrage sparked by the results of the Senate investigation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Wednesday that it will not be pursuing charges against those involved in the interrogations.<\/p>\n
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