WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate investigators have delivered a damning indictment of CIA interrogation practices after the 9/11 attacks, accusing the agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners with tactics that went well beyond legal limits.

The torture report released Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee says the CIA deceived the nation with its insistence that the harsh interrogation tactics had saved lives. It says those claims are unsubstantiated by the CIA's own records.

The 500-page report represents the executive summary and conclusions from a still-classified 6,700-page full investigation.

NEW: Feinstein: torture report is troubling record

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the panel's report on brutal CIA interrogation practices used after the 9/11 terror attacks is a troubling record of a stain on America's history.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the CIA interrogation techniques used on at least 119 people in some cases amounted to torture.

The California Democrat says that releasing the Senate committee's report on those interrogation tactics is an important step in restoring American values.

Addressing concerns that the release of the report could add to turmoil in the world, Feinstein said the report is too important to leave on the shelf.

NEW: President Obama: Harsh CIA methods should be left in past

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he hopes the release of a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations helps leave the harsh torture techniques "where they belong — in the past."

Obama says in a written statement that the report reinforces his view that harsh interrogations techniques "were not only inconsistent with our values as nation, they did not serve our broader counterterrorism efforts or our national security interests."

The president's statement comes moments after a Senate committee released a long-anticipated report on CIA interrogations during the administration of his predecessor, President George W. Bush.

The report says the CIA deceived the nation with its insistence that the harsh interrogation tactics had saved lives. It says those claims are unsubstantiated by the CIA's own records.

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