The real divide is not between the Senate Intel Committee and the CIA

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it is more accurately between the public and people in power.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has opened an investigation into how McClatchy obtained the classified conclusions of a report into the CIA’s use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, the panel’s chairwoman said Friday.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she was also referring the case to the Justice Department for investigation.

“If someone distributed any part of this classified report, they broke the law and should be prosecuted,” Feinstein said in a prepared statement. “The committee is investigating this unauthorized disclosure and I intend to refer the matter to the Department of Justice.”

Senate Intelligence Committee investigating leak to McClatchy, Feinstein says

People in power have repeatedly abused secrecy laws to keep the public from understanding the full scale of corruption that exists in government. We know full well the declassification process will be a joke as the CIA puts their CYA agenda on the same level as legitimate national security secrets. We know the White House will let the CIA make a mockery of the declassification process because to actually hold the CIA accountable would be unfair, rehash the past and distract CIA officials from their dedicated task of protecting the homeland.

From all appearances the Senate report makes a solid case that the torture program was not a good faith, desperate effort to protect the homeland. The main reason the successful torture program lie has resonated for so long is because of the secrecy.

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2. same ole crap, prosecute the whistleblowers

defend the torturers

rape in our name.....

Among the graphic statements, which were later released under US freedom of information laws, is that of Kasim Mehaddi Hilas in which he says: “I saw ******* a kid, his age would be about 15 to 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn’t covered and I saw who was wearing the military uniform, putting his **** in the little kid’s ***…. and the female soldier was taking pictures.”

The translator was an American Egyptian who is now the subject of a civil court case in the US.

Three detainees, including the alleged victim, refer to the use of a phosphorescent tube in the sexual abuse and another to the use of wire, while the victim also refers to part of a policeman’s “stick” all of which were apparently photographed.

From the Taguba Report – originally published in 2004 – we know that a translator named Abu Hamid committed sodomy on prisoners under the supervision – and with the participation – of several soldiers. One of the prisoners sodomized may have been Hilas, who also reported sexual abuse with a “phosphoric light”. Hilas describes all of these events being photographed. Here is Hilas’ sworn affidavit, which was part of the Taguba Report.

Other prisoners, such as Mustafa Jassim Mustafa, also confirmed in sworn declarations rape with a “phosphoric light”.