The US has stopped running its global network of secret prisons, CIA director Leon Panetta has announced.

"CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites," Mr Panetta said in a letter to staff. Remaining sites would be decommissioned, he said."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7993087.stm
Thats it folks, the U.S. has announced that their super secret illegal torture facilities have been shut down. Human rights activists world wide rejoice in their victory.
Yay

In his letter, Mr Panetta also stressed that the CIA no longer employed controversial "harsh interrogation techniques", like "waterboarding", or simulated drowning, which have been widely condemned.

"CIA officers do not tolerate, and will continue to promptly report, any inappropriate behaviour or allegations of abuse," he said.
Oh good, as long as they 'continue' to promptly report allegations of abuse like before, then we can have utmost confidence that U.S. are continuing their role as defenders of democracy freedom and human rights.

He also announced that the CIA was no longer allowing outside "contractors" to carry out interrogations.
This must be part of Obama's protecting U.S. jobs policy.
But the CIA retains the power to detain suspects "on a short-term transitory basis".
So they're still going to kidnap people and interrogate them, but only on a 'short term transitory basis' and then they'll release them back into the wild?