Senate probe finds little evidence of effective torture

04/30/12: Reuters reports that a nearly three-year-long investigation by Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats is expected to find there is little evidence the harsh "enhanced interrogation techniques" the CIA used on high-value prisoners produced counter-terrorism breakthroughs. Committee investigators, who have been poring over records from the administration of President George W. Bush, believe they do not substantiate claims by some that the harsh interrogations led to counter-terrorism coups. The backers of such techniques maintain they have led to the disruption of major terror plots. HT to Neal R. Sonnett.