Blindfolded, bound and bruised: CIA photographed detainees naked before sending them for torture claims ex-official

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A report in 2014 revealed that agents used brutal interrogation techniques that left some detainees injured.

And now a former U.S. official has told the Guardian how the intelligence agency would also take naked pictures of the detainees in what has been described as 'sexual humiliation.'

The official added that he had seen some of the photographs, describing them as brutal and added that the CIA have retained the images, which remain classified.

They reportedly show the captives blindfolded, bound and visibly bruised with some showing CIA officials standing next to the naked detainees.

A source told the paper that the reason for taking pictures of naked captives was to insulate the CIA from claims of brutal treatment at the hands of its partner intelligence agencies.

They added that stripping them naked and showing their physical condition would distinguish from the sometimes brutal interrogation techniques used by foreign partners.

The CIA have so far refused to comment on the claims.  

In 2014, a devastating report was released describing the CIA'S torture programme as a 'stain on the values and conscience' of the U.S.

Among the findings were that one detainee was so brutalised he was left unable to speak and on life support.

Another, chained almost naked to the floor, died from hypothermia while a third was hung by his arms from an iron bar for 22 hours.

Meanwhile, there were also claims a CIA operative used 'Russian Roulette' to intimidate a prisoner and another, untrained in interrogation techniques, threatened to use a power drill.

Detainees were also humiliated through the painful use of medically unnecessary 'rectal feeding' and 'rectal rehydration.'