The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report Tuesday of the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation of terrorism suspects. The report is a damning account of the CIA’s brutal and ultimately ineffective interrogation methods, and concludes that the CIA routinely misled Bush administration officials and the American public about the agency’s actions.
Below, reactions and analysis of the report as the media and public review all 528 pages for the first time.
7 key points from the C.I.A.'s torture report http://t.co/FrIfa8gvnC pic.twitter.com/rL2C9j6q0g
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 9, 2014
This is a day when America should look back and be ashamed: http://t.co/sej6WP9Evl
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) December 9, 2014
CIA interrogator: "We can never let the world know what I have done to you." #TortureReport pic.twitter.com/KNhakP9Xmq
— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) December 9, 2014
Was it torture? Without doubt. Here's a chart comparing what USA did to what USA named torture http://t.co/S9qXRddqAd #TortureReport
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) December 9, 2014
Brush up on #torture architects outlined by @SenFeinstein, see interactive infographic https://t.co/28YEVQCQtb pic.twitter.com/49voMjOY4H
— ACLU National (@ACLU) December 9, 2014
Countries in the #TortureReport may be redacted, but here's where you can learn who helped the U.S. #torture https://t.co/79UbyrdRgR
— ACLU National (@ACLU) December 9, 2014
#Obama on #torturereport: "Previous administration faced agonizing choices about how to pursue al Qaeda." http://t.co/Rf4N5sYJG9
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 9, 2014
The Senate report on torture raises, with renewed power, the q of why no one has yet been held accountable: http://t.co/Osochx1XA5
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 9, 2014
A report on CIA torture tactics is a good first step. Still needed? Prosecution. http://t.co/6sR62VwD4K pic.twitter.com/DBgQeGp9tc
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) December 9, 2014
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