Washington Post website reported that the CIA released 50previously classified documents， exposing details of the agency'streatment of terrorism suspects after the September 11， 2001，attacks. Among the newly released files was a detailed internalinvestigation of the interrogation and death of Gul Rahman， amilitant suspected of ties to al-Qaeda. He was locked at a CIAprison in Afghanistan known as the Salt Pit and was regarded as adefiant adversary who was unlikely to "break" unless beingsubjected to increasingly severe measures. He was "shackled in asitting position on bare concrete while nude from the waist down，"repeatedly doused with cold water and was "showing early signs ofhypothermia." Patrollers noticed him shaking one morning. Two hourslater， he was found "lying motionless on his right sid... a smallamount of blood coming from his nose and mouth." An autopsyconcluded that Rahman had died of exposure to severe cold.According to the documents， at Salt Pit， prisoners were routinelykept in diapers and then stripped of them when they failed tocooperate. The CIA acknowledged the mistaken arrest in 2004 ofKhalid al-Masri， a German citizen. He was transferred by the CIA tothe Salt Pit， where interrogators "quickly concluded he was not aterrorist and had no al-Qaeda connections." However， the two Agencyofficers primarily involved in al-Masri's rendition justified hiscontinued detention， despite the diminishing rationale， byinsisting they knew he was "bad."


June 15


The Christian Science Monitor website reported that according tothe National Center on Elder Abuse， five million older adults wereabused each year and 90 percent were abused by their familymembers， and half were the person's children. Abuse can be verbal，financial， physical， or sexual.


June 16


The Washington Post website reported that Nicholas Damon， a30-year-old Hispanic man driving a vehicle， was shot by police inWestminster， Colorado.


June 22


The FOX News website reported that the American Civil LibertiesUnion sued former Air Force psychologists James E. Mitchell andJohn "Bruce" Jessen for helping design CIA interrogation techniquesin October 2015 on behalf of three former CIA prisoners. Thelawsuit contended the psychologists condoned waterboarding， loudmusic， confinement， slapping and other harsh tactics. Lawyers forthe pair filed documents in federal court， denying that theycommitted torture or war crimes. But Mitchell and Jessen declinedto respond to many of the allegations， saying much of theinformation was classified. They asked a judge to throw out thelawsuit and award them court costs.


On the same day， the Washington Post website reported thatIsaiah Core， a 20-year-old black man driving a vehicle， was shot bypolice in Birmingham， Alabama.


On the same day， the Washington Post website reported thatDeravis Caine Rogers， an unarmed 22-year-old black man， was shot bypolice in Atlanta， Georgia.


June 25


The Washington Post website reported that Rodrigo Guardiola， anunarmed 36-year-old Hispanic man， was shot by the police inGainesville， Georgia.


June 27


A survey by the Pew Research Center found profound differencesbetween black and white adults in their views on racialdiscrimination， barriers to black progress and the prospects forchange. Eighty-eight percent of blacks said the country needed tocontinue making changes for blacks to have equal rights withwhites， but 43 percent were skeptical that such changes will everoccur. Fifty-three percent of whites said the country needed makechanges for blacks to achieve equal rights with whites， and only 11percent expressed doubt that these changes would come. Blacks weremore likely than whites to say black people were treated lessfairly in the workplace (a difference of 42 percentage points)，when applying for a loan or mortgage (41 points)， in dealing withthe police (34 points)， in the courts (32 points)， in stores orrestaurants (28 points)， and when voting in elections (23 points).Blacks were also more likely than whites to say racialdiscrimination (70% vs. 36%)， lower quality schools (75% vs. 53%)and lack of jobs (66% vs. 45%) were major reasons that blacks mayhave a harder time getting ahead than whites. A majority of blacks(71%) said that they had experienced discrimination or been treatedunfairly because of their race or ethnicity. Only 5 percent ofwhites said their race or ethnicity made it harder for them tosucceed in life. (more)


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