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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 07:42 PM Dec 2014

House Intelligence Chief: CIA Torture Report Will Spur Attacks

Source: Associated Press

By KEN DILANIAN
The Associated Press
Published: December 7, 2014

WASHINGTON — Foreign governments and U.S. intelligence agencies are predicting that the release of a Senate report examining the use of torture by the CIA will cause "violence and deaths" abroad, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, is regularly briefed on intelligence assessments. He told CNN's "State of the Union" that U.S. intelligence agencies and foreign governments have said privately that the release of the report on CIA interrogations a decade ago will be used by extremists to incite violence that is likely to cost lives. The 480-page report, a summary of a still-classified 6,000 page study, is expected to be made public next week.

A U.S. intelligence official, who was not authorized to be quoted discussing classified intelligence assessments, said Congress had been warned "of the heightened potential that the release could stimulate a violent response."

On Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry urged the senator in charge of the report to consider the timing of the release, though Obama administration officials say they still support making it public. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat and chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has not responded to reports of the Kerry call, though she told the Los Angeles Times in a story published Sunday that "We have to get this report out."

Read more: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/house-intelligence-chief-cia-torture-report-will-spur-attacks-1.317930



Must be some pretty ugly shit in those reports...indeed.
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House Intelligence Chief: CIA Torture Report Will Spur Attacks (Original Post) Purveyor Dec 2014 OP
No it's what the CIA did... sherihah Dec 2014 #1
+10 ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #8
it's like the last several times: the people of Iraq, Syria, etc. ALREADY know what's being done to MisterP Dec 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #2
I'm not scared. You scared? Robyn Ryan Dec 2014 #3
I haven't been scared since the local news told me that the St. Louis Archgrounds COULD be.. Volaris Dec 2014 #21
If you aren't scared, you aren't paying attention. onecent Dec 2014 #33
i thought they hate us because they hate us Enrique Dec 2014 #4
+1 n/t crim son Dec 2014 #5
Amen. OldRedneck Dec 2014 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Dec 2014 #7
Duh? Actions have consequences. 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #9
Exactly. BeanMusical Dec 2014 #15
Maybe some heads should roll first? GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #10
Would Be Amazing...Wouldn't it....If that Could Happen, Wouldn't It? KoKo Dec 2014 #14
uga. I still remember that day--the day the cowboys (and cowgal) came strutting riversedge Dec 2014 #28
Yes definitely these heads should roll...but our media onecent Dec 2014 #32
Reap what you sow. Way over due to release the full complete truth on the crimes of the Bush regine on point Dec 2014 #11
We already have attacks because of you and your policies, you dumb ass. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #12
+1 BeanMusical Dec 2014 #16
Interesting.....Thanks! KoKo Dec 2014 #13
But…but…we were told "they" hate us for our freedoms. Efilroft Sul Dec 2014 #17
It's not the reports that will spur attacks ...it's the FUCKING TORTURE! L0oniX Dec 2014 #18
So the problem isn't that we tortured, the problem is that we don't want those tortured to know. Scuba Dec 2014 #19
Blah, blah, blah.... blackspade Dec 2014 #20
Prosecute ALL those who are guilty !!! SamKnause Dec 2014 #22
Good for Feinstein Snow Leopard Dec 2014 #24
Either we should say we are proud of what we did cosmicone Dec 2014 #25
lack of "intelligence" is evident Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2014 #26
Bullshit excuse to keep their dirty secrets secret. Feral Child Dec 2014 #27
Question is, how will our gov't use the release of this redacted info against ordinary Americans and blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #29
Rumsfeld blamed the cameras. Solly Mack Dec 2014 #30
If we hadn't engaged in torture (still illegal under U.S. and international law)..... RationalMan Dec 2014 #31
Since they are aware they should consider mitigating the damage TriplD Dec 2014 #34
Then maybe we shouldn't have tortured people? 6000eliot Dec 2014 #35

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
23. it's like the last several times: the people of Iraq, Syria, etc. ALREADY know what's being done to
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:11 AM
Dec 2014

them

there's only one country they're hiding everything from

us

Response to Purveyor (Original post)

Volaris

(10,272 posts)
21. I haven't been scared since the local news told me that the St. Louis Archgrounds COULD be..
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:17 AM
Dec 2014

a terrorist target, and would be closed for x number of days to facilitate an increase in site security.

I live in St. Louis, and I thought

"bullshit. NOBODY is coming through 2000 miles of American ground security and Airpower just to blow up the Arch, I don't care HOW mad or crazy they might be."

So no. Not scared. Release the damn report. I wanna sit back and watch the cockroaches run for cover.

onecent

(6,096 posts)
33. If you aren't scared, you aren't paying attention.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:09 AM
Dec 2014

This world has enough conflict without us throwing this up every crazy country's ass.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
4. i thought they hate us because they hate us
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:06 PM
Dec 2014

not because of anything we've done. So how could this report make any difference?

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
6. Amen.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:31 PM
Dec 2014

I mean, I thought they hate us because of our freedom.

That's what GWBush told me . . . he wouldn't lie to me, would he??

Response to Purveyor (Original post)

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
9. Duh? Actions have consequences.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:51 PM
Dec 2014

Actually, it's not like "they' don't already KNOW what's in this report.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
14. Would Be Amazing...Wouldn't it....If that Could Happen, Wouldn't It?
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:12 PM
Dec 2014

But, so many years after the Dirty Deeds (stolen eclections...invading a Sovereign Country (Iraq) Without Cause,..does lead one to wonder about America's Foreign Policy Doctrine (which has little Input from the Taxpayers) who are willing to cough up endless money for ENDLESS WARS.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
28. uga. I still remember that day--the day the cowboys (and cowgal) came strutting
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:52 AM
Dec 2014

down the down trail. Only missing the music of a gunfight.

onecent

(6,096 posts)
32. Yes definitely these heads should roll...but our media
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:08 AM
Dec 2014

will blame it on Obama!!! Just watch Fox News go into OVERDRIVE.
You watch and report, cuz I cannot watch those morons...

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
19. So the problem isn't that we tortured, the problem is that we don't want those tortured to know.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:19 PM
Dec 2014

What drivel.

blackspade

(10,056 posts)
20. Blah, blah, blah....
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:24 PM
Dec 2014

Crap, crap, crap....

The usual bullshit about 'national security.'
And from a rethug....what a surprise....

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
22. Prosecute ALL those who are guilty !!!
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:18 AM
Dec 2014

Drag their asses in front of the camera and show the world they will be held accountable.

Apologize for their illegal actions.

Problem solved.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
25. Either we should say we are proud of what we did
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 02:09 AM
Dec 2014

or we should say we were too dumb to realize how bad it was and apologize for doing it. Hiding what we did is cowardly.

Feral Child

(2,086 posts)
27. Bullshit excuse to keep their dirty secrets secret.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 07:50 AM
Dec 2014

From the American public, that is.

The use of torture and assassination in 3rd world countries is well known by the people that suffer our interference. That knowledge has been disseminated and, yes, it's used to recruit people to resist our terror tactics and occupation.

Only the devolved amongst us who want us involved in this shit believe Roger's statement. Those that understand how gruesome and heinous we've become realize that the cat escaped the bag as soon as the CIA started empire building.

As to John Kerry, he lost all credibility when he threw the election and let his Skull & Bones buddy continue to degrade the office of President.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
29. Question is, how will our gov't use the release of this redacted info against ordinary Americans and
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:57 AM
Dec 2014

and our inalienable rights??? Since 9/11, they've never missed an opportunity to stick it to us...

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)
30. Rumsfeld blamed the cameras.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:23 AM
Dec 2014

Now they're blaming the report.

I'm thinking it's the torture.

People tend to get angry about that.

I know I'm still angry.

RationalMan

(96 posts)
31. If we hadn't engaged in torture (still illegal under U.S. and international law).....
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:59 AM
Dec 2014

this wouldn't be a problem.

Why do they (and this includes both Democrats and Republicans) always blame the reporting of our atrocities rather than the fact we committed them?

If we were blameless then we wouldn't have any problem releasing the details of our actions......

TriplD

(176 posts)
34. Since they are aware they should consider mitigating the damage
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:21 PM
Dec 2014

by prosecuting those who tortured in our name.

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