Physicians for Human Rights uncovered illegal torture of CIA

Physicians for Human Rights released a report this week outlining allegations of illegal human subject research and experimentation on detainees during the Bush era.

On Thursday, the group said that along with seven other organizations it filed a complaint on Wednesday with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections.

The group says that the declassified documents show "Medical personnel were required to monitor all waterboarding practices and collect detailed medical information that was used to design, develop and deploy subsequent waterboarding procedures."

The group claims that the procedure was not to safeguard the inmates' health but to make the techniques more efficient and provide them with legal alibi.

The CIA has rejected the allegations. There have been numerous reports of human experiments performed in the United States --dating back to the 1950s.

The reports allege the practices were often conducted illegally and without the knowledge or consent of the test subjects.