Barack Obama: 'We tortured some folks' after 9/11

White House said those responsible were 'real patriots', as human rights groups call for 'legal consequences'

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The CIA tortured captured Al-Qaeda suspects following 9/11, President Barack Obama has admitted in one of his "most candid comments" about the treatment of prisoners since taking office, The Guardian reports.

The speech, in which he bluntly confessed "we tortured some folks", was delivered to address the upcoming release of a highly anticipated Senate report which criticises the tactics used by security agents to gather information from terror suspects.

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