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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama Responds To CIA Torture Report: Enhanced Interrogation 'Contrary To Our Values'
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary Tuesday of its report on the Central Intelligence Agency's torture program following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The report, a result of a five-year investigation, details the gruesome techniques and systemic failures of the CIA's post-9/11 practices.
President Barack Obama said the revelations bring light to a "troubling" program involving practices that were "contrary to our values" in a statement following the release.
"That is why I unequivocally banned torture when I took office, because one of our most effective tools in fighting terrorism and keeping Americans safe is staying true to our ideals at home and abroad," the president said.
"It reinforces my long-held view that these harsh methods were not only inconsistent with our values as nation, they did not serve our broader counterterrorism efforts or our national security interests."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/obama-cia-torture-report_n_6295336.html
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Obama Responds To CIA Torture Report: Enhanced Interrogation 'Contrary To Our Values' (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2014
OP
OK. When are the "patriots under stress" going on trial for their crimes against humanity?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#4
Yes. Of course, we must look "forward" and hope justice may be done..maybe..some day.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#7
Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. But they were patriots, under stress, so all is forgiven.
Vomitus.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)9. Would you please stop being so god-damned 'sanctimonious' and start
looking forward, rather than backward?
shraby
(21,946 posts)2. They were also ILLEGAL!
Now we expect the justice department to make it right and incarcerate the ones who conducted and implemented the torture.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)3. Patriots.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)4. OK. When are the "patriots under stress" going on trial for their crimes against humanity?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)5. The President has made clear he will not prosecute them
Perhaps the next President will.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)7. Yes. Of course, we must look "forward" and hope justice may be done..maybe..some day.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)6. k&r nt
Matariki
(18,775 posts)8. Quite calling FUCKING TORTURE "enhanced interrogation"
goddammit.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)10. Great speech -- among so many other great speeches -- all bullshit. n/t