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The Washington Post posted this a few hours ago:
In summary, the CIA told Congress that torture gave them critical information that couldn't be obtained any other way, that was vital to the fight against Al Qaeda. That was a lie.
We don't know all the details of what's in the Senate's report; it's still not complete, and it's classified. The Senate is going to vote Thursday on whether to submit it to President Obama for declassification. Even if the Senate decides to declassify the report, Obama's history on this suggests that he'll keep the report classified and continue to cover the asses of the criminals who shamed the United States.
A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for years — concealing details about the severity of its methods, overstating the significance of plots and prisoners, and taking credit for critical pieces of intelligence that detainees had in fact surrendered before they were subjected to harsh techniques.
In summary, the CIA told Congress that torture gave them critical information that couldn't be obtained any other way, that was vital to the fight against Al Qaeda. That was a lie.
We don't know all the details of what's in the Senate's report; it's still not complete, and it's classified. The Senate is going to vote Thursday on whether to submit it to President Obama for declassification. Even if the Senate decides to declassify the report, Obama's history on this suggests that he'll keep the report classified and continue to cover the asses of the criminals who shamed the United States.
