The Torture Report: The Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday released a blistering report that says the CIA misled the government about the severity of its interrogation techniques and the usefulness of information acquired through torture of terror suspects. The report’s summary says, “enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of obtaining accurate information or gaining detainee cooperation.”

The report lists such treatments of prisoners as waterboarding, hanging upside down, sleep deprivation, dragging, wall slamming, ice water bathing, and “rectal feeding.” It says prisoners ended up suffering hallucinations, insomnia, and self-mutilation.

The report found that despite CIA claims, the information collected was either misleading or failed to identify significant terrorist activities. It says, for instance, that torture was not useful in finding and killing Osama bin Laden.

The summary says “The CIA repeatedly provided incomplete and inaccurate information to White House personnel regarding the operation and the effectiveness of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program.” President George W. Bush was not told what was going on until four years after it began.

Former CIA officials say a Bush Administration legal memo advised them that their methods were not torture.

The bulk of the 6700-page report and its most intimate details remain classified.

Six republican members of the committee dissented saying, “We have no doubt that the CIA’s detention program saved lives.”ButRepublican Sen. John McCain, who was tortured as a POW in Vietnam, said, the CIA “stained our national honor, did much harm and little practical good.”

   California Democrat Diane Feinstein said, “History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say ‘never again.’”

The Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Malala Yousafzai, 16, the Pakistani advocate for girls’ education who was shot by the Taliban, and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian advocate for children’s rights.

Go Directly: The former secretary for pyramid Schemer Bernie Madoff was sentenced to six years in prison for conspiracy and securities fraud. Annette Bongiornio, 66, had defended herself saying, “I did what I was told.” The Madoff operation lost its investors $17 billion.

The Obit Page: Mary Ann Mobley, the 1959 Miss America who starred in television and made movies with Elvis, has died at age 75. Her husband was the late actor and television host Gary Collins.

>Dollree Mapp, whose home was searched by Cleveland police in 1957, leading to a Supreme Court decision against warrantless searches, has died at age 90 in Georgia.

>Ken Weatherwax, who as a pudgy kid played “Pugsley” on the 1960s television series “The Addams Family”, was found dead of an apparent heart attack at home in California. He was 59. Acting didn’t last for Weatherwax. He became a set worker known as a “grip.”

Sacked: Carolina Panther quarterback Cam Newton suffered two minor back fractures yesterday in a two-car accident near the stadium. Newton’s truck rolled over. The injuries are not a threat to the 25-year-old’s spine but they are painful and may take weeks to heal.

Pineapple Express: Storms that are the wettest to hit the West Coast in four years are moving in today, dropping several inches of rain in coastal areas and one to three feet of snow in the mountains. Parts of the northwest are under flood watch.

Wings: The Victoria’s Secret underwear show aired on CBS last night. We have no objection, but really, what’s with the wings? Do they fit in anyone’s lingerie drawer?

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