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Release of CIA torture details unlikely: senior Democrat
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Tue Dec 6, 2016 | 1:39pm EST
Release of CIA torture details unlikely: senior Democrat
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON
The Obama administration is unlikely to release a massive report on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" widely considered torture, a top Democrat on the congressional intelligence committee said on Tuesday.
Representative Adam Schiff told reporters it was more likely, before President Barack Obama leaves office next month, that the White House might take action so the report could be released someday via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
"The most that we might expect this administration to do... is to designate it as some kind of a record that would ultimately lead to its availability through FOIA, subject to redaction," Schiff said at a breakfast meeting with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.
He said he supported "as much information being shared as possible."
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Release of CIA torture details unlikely: senior Democrat
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON
The Obama administration is unlikely to release a massive report on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" widely considered torture, a top Democrat on the congressional intelligence committee said on Tuesday.
Representative Adam Schiff told reporters it was more likely, before President Barack Obama leaves office next month, that the White House might take action so the report could be released someday via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
"The most that we might expect this administration to do... is to designate it as some kind of a record that would ultimately lead to its availability through FOIA, subject to redaction," Schiff said at a breakfast meeting with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.
He said he supported "as much information being shared as possible."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cia-torture-congress-idUSKBN13V2FP