Senate Torture Report Condemns C.I.A. Interrogation Program
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The CIA has already won when the press is still using the phrase "enhanced interrogation" instead of what it was: torture.
And sometime in the next decade the torture will start again despite all the useless outrage, just like the NSA continues on with the public shrugging.
Remember the CIA actively lied to congress, ignoring any objections and even as this report was being gathered, they were hacking into the committee's computers to delete content. These are not good people but we are stuck with them because no-one is willing to do anything about it.
“Strongly urge that any speculative language as to
the legality of given activities or, more precisely,
judgment calls as to their legality vis-à-vis
operational guidelines for this activity agreed
upon and vetted at the most senior levels of the
agency, be refrained from in written traffic
(email or cable traffic),” wrote Jose A. Rodriguez
Jr., then the head of the C.I.A.'s Counterterrorism
Center.
“Such language is not helpful.”
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