'We don't do torture', says CIA

CIA interrogators use "unique" methods to obtain "vital" information from prisoners, but obey laws against torture, CIA Director Porter Goss has said.

"This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work," Goss said in USA Today. "We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information."

Vice-President Dick Cheney is working in Congress to exempt the CIA from proposed laws banning cruel and inhuman treatment.