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FILE - This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. A psychologist who helped design the CIA's harsh interrogation methods in the war on terror says his participation in the program that involved torturing suspects caused him "great, soulful torment." The comments are in videotaped depositions of Bruce Jessen ahead of a Sept. 5, 2017 trial.He is one of two psychologists sued by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three men who say they were tortured with techniques designed by the defendants.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Canadian Special Operations Command confirmed on June 21, 2017, that an operation in Iraq last month included the longest confirmed kill shot by a sniper: 3,540 meters. (Facebook, Canadian Forces Operations) ** FILE **
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has warned citizens to avoid being a "sitting duck" by arming themselves in the wake of mass attacks around the world. (WFTS)
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Scientific police officers investigate on the suspected car, right, after a man rammed into a police convoy on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, June 19, 2017. France's interior minister says the attempted attack on security forces on the Champs-Elysees shows the threat is still very high in the country and justifies the state of emergency. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Scientific police officers investigate on the suspected car, right, after a man rammed into a police convoy on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, June 19, 2017. France's interior minister says the attempted attack on security forces on the Champs-Elysees shows the threat is still very high in the country and justifies the state of emergency. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Scientific police officers investigate on the suspected car, right, after a man rammed into a police convoy on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, June 19, 2017. France's interior minister says the attempted attack on security forces on the Champs-Elysees shows the threat is still very high in the country and justifies the state of emergency. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Scientific police officers investigate on the suspected car, center rear, after a man rammed into a police convoy on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Monday, June 19, 2017. France's interior minister says the attempted attack on security forces on the Champs-Elysees shows the threat is still very high in the country and justifies the state of emergency. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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FILE - In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip return to Buckingham Palace in a carriage, after attending the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London. Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday June 21, 2017, Prince Philip is good spirits after being admitted to hospital. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen takes part in the session of the German parliament, Bundestag, regarding the relocation of the German troops from Incirlik in Turkey to Jordan, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Sophia Kembowski/dpa via AP)
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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center, and other delegates vote on the proposed relocation of the German troops from Incirlik in Turkey to Jordan, during a session of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
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This image provided by U.S. CENTCOM shows al-Nuri mosque destroyed by the Islamic State group, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Islamic State group destroyed the mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures Wednesday night, Iraq's Ministry of Defense said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tweeted early Thursday, June 22, 2017 that the destruction was an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for Iraq's second-largest city. (U.S. CENTCOM via AP)
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FaFamilies show lists of loved ones they believe are being held at a secret prison in Riyan airport in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla in this May 11, 2017 photo. Families frequently protest in Mukalla trying to learn the fate of relatives who have disappeared into Riyan or other facilities in a network of secret prisons run by the United Arab Emirates and its allies hunting for al-Qaida militants. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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Yemeni rights lawyer Huda al-Sarari recounts how the UAE-backed forces have carried out a wave of illegal arrests in the hunt for al-Qaida militants in this May 8, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. Al-Sarari and other rights advocates say many innocents have been caught up in the arrests over the past year. Hundreds detained have disappeared into a network of secret prisons run by the United Arab Emirates and its allies, where former detainees say torture is widespread. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A Yemeni man describes how his son was detained by Yemeni forces allied with the United Arab Emirates who raided his home in the southern village of Abr Lasloum in this May 9, 2017 photo. He asked that his identity be obscured, fearing reprisals. Rights workers say many innocents have been caught up as anti-terror forces sweep up hundreds in the hunt for al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen. Detainees end up a network of secret prisons where former inmates say torture is widespread. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A Yemeni man describes how his son was detained by Yemeni forces allied to the United Arab Emirates who raided his home in the southern village of Abr Lasloum in this May 9, 2017 photo. He asked that his identity be obscured, fearing reprisals. Many families have been searching desperately for loved ones who are among hundreds arrested by anti-terror forces over the past year and believed to be held in secret prisons around southern Yemen. Former prisoners report widespread abuse and torture. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A Yemeni mother speaks about her two sons, who have disappeared since their arrest by Yemeni forces linked to the United Arab Emirates who descended on their home in the southern Yemeni village of Abr Lasloum, in this May 9, 2017 photo. She requested her face not be shown, fearing reprisals. Many families have been searching for loved ones as hundreds have been arrested by anti-terror forces over the past year and held in secret prisons around southern Yemen where former prisoners report widespread abuse. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A deserted cell in the public section of Aden Central Prison is shown in this May 9, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. A separate, closed wing is run by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates, part of a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen into which hundreds of people have disappeared after being detained in the hunt for al-Qaida militants over the past year. Some have been shipped off to a UAE base across the Red Sea in Eritrea. Former detainees say torture and abuse are widespread.(AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A view through a mesh window looks out over part of Aden Central Prison, known as Mansoura, in this May 9, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. A section of the prison is run by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates, part of a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen where hundreds of people detained in the hunt for al-Qaida militants over the past year have disappeared. Former detainees report widespread torture, and witnesses say American interrogators have questioned some prisoners. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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The entrance of Aden Central Prison, known as Mansoura, where one wing is run by Yemeni allies of the United Arab Emirates to detain al-Qaida suspects, is shown in this May 9, 2017 photo in Aden, Yemen. Hundreds detained in the hunt for militants have disappeared into a network of secret prisons run by the UAE and Yemeni militias it created across southern Yemen, where former detainees say torture is widespread. Some prisoners have been interrogated by Americans, witnesses say. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
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A former detainee shows how he was kept in handcuffs and leg shackles while held in a secret prison at Riyan airport in the Yemeni city of Mukalla in this May 11, 2017 photo. He covered his face for fear of being detained again. He and other former detainees say abuses are widespread in a network of secret prisons run by the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies, into which hundreds detained in the hunt for al-Qaida militants have disappeared. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)
