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Documents: Image of chained, diapered detainees worried Bush

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, CIA Director John Brennan speaks during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Newly declassified documents offer more details about a detainee who died inside the secret prison network the CIA operated abroad after the Sept. 11 attacks and disclose that President George W. Bush was worried about the image of shackled detainees wearing adult diapers. Brennan has said that the agency made mistakes and learned from them, but insisted the coercive techniques used on detainees produced intelligence "that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, CIA Director John Brennan speaks during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Newly declassified documents offer more details about a detainee who died inside the secret prison network the CIA operated abroad after the Sept. 11 attacks and disclose that President George W. Bush was worried about the image of shackled detainees wearing adult diapers. Brennan has said that the agency made mistakes and learned from them, but insisted the coercive techniques used on detainees produced intelligence "that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, CIA Director John Brennan speaks during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Newly declassified documents offer more details about a detainee who died inside the secret prison network the CIA operated abroad after the Sept. 11 attacks and disclose that President George W. Bush was worried about the image of shackled detainees wearing adult diapers. Brennan has said that the agency made mistakes and learned from them, but insisted the coercive techniques used on detainees produced intelligence "that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives."(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Newly declassified documents offer more details about a detainee who died inside the secret prison network the CIA ran after Sept. 11.

They also disclose that President George W. Bush was worried about the “image” of shackled detainees wearing adult diapers.

Among the documents is a memo about a meeting then-CIA Director Porter Goss had with Bush on June 7, 2006.

The memo says: “The president was concerned about the image of a detainee, chained to the ceiling, clothed in a diaper.”

Human rights advocates said Wednesday that the papers depict the human suffering caused by the interrogation program.