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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould Sen. Mark Udal (D-CO) "go out with a bang" by releasing "Torture Report"?
I say, "Hell yah!". Go for it Mark. Hats off for transparency on torture.
How Mark Udall Can Get The Torture Report Out To The Public
By Susie Madrak * November 10, 2014 2:00 pm * Crooks & Liars
Transparency activists say Sen. Udall should go out with a bang and put the Senate intelligence committees torture report into the congressional record.
Mike Gravel is one of the more interesting ex-members we have, and I hope he talks Udall into releasing the report:
Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution establishes an absolute free-speech right for members of Congress on the floor or in committee, even if they are disclosing classified material. It states that for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
Within hours of Colorado Senator Mark Udall losing his reelection bid last week, transparency activists were talking about how he should go out with a bang and put the Senate intelligence committees torture report into the congressional record. The report is said to detail shockingly brutal abuse of detainees by the CIA during the George W. Bush administration, as well as rampant deception about the program by top officials. But the Obama White House is refusing to declassify even a summary of the report without major redactions. And Republicans take over the Senate in January.
Udall is one of two senators along with fellow Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden who have consistently demanded greater transparency from the intelligence community. If he made the report public on the Senate floor or during a hearing, he couldnt be prosecuted.
The last time any senator did anything nearly so grand was in 1971, when Mike Gravel, two years into his 12 years representing the state of Alaska, entered 4,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers into the congressional record just before the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction on publishing them in the press.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/how-mark-udall-can-get-torture-report-out
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)And anyone that has a security clearance willingly signs away free speech rights with regards to classified material.
Sure, he can do it, but he can also be prosecuted for it.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)"The SSCI report is the most comprehensive account of the torture program to date. It took three years to complete at a cost of $40 million, and is based on the review of millions of CIA and other records, although the CIA refused to let Senate investigators interview its employees. "
msongs
(67,421 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)If he is done with politics maybe he may want to do that. But I think this is just wishful thinking.