CIA and White House Under Pressure After Senate Torture Report Leaks
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CIA and White House Under Pressure After Senate Torture Report Leaks
The Guardian / By Spencer Ackerman
April 12, 2014 | A leak of the major findings of a landmark Senate inquiry into the CIAs post-9/11 torture of terrorism detainees led, on Friday, to intensified pressure on the White House and the CIA to release the inquiry speedily and with a minimum of redactions.
The classified study, prepared by the Senate select committee on intelligence, concluded that the CIAs interrogations, secret detentions and outsourced torture sessions were brutal, and far worse than the agency communicated to policymakers.
More suspected terrorists underwent the agencys post-9/11 treatment, which largely lasted from 2002 to 2006, than the CIA has publicly admitted, according to the reports findings, which were first reported byMcClatchy. Last week, committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein of California stated that the Senate investigated the cases of 100 detainees dozens more than previously known to have gone through the CIAs so-called interrogation, detention and rendition programs.
In addition to misleading policymakers, the Senate report charges the CIA with selectively and leaking classified and inaccurate information to journalists in order to portray the program in a positive light.