A Democrat-led Senate panel released a scathing report Tuesday on CIA interrogation practices amid warnings from lawmakers that the findings could "endanger the lives of Americans" -- a concern the Obama administration apparently shared as it put more than 6,000 Marines on high alert. The report, from the senate intelligence committee claimed the interrogation techniques used were "brutal and far worse" than the CIA represented to lawmakers. Further, the report claimed the tactics were not effective and the spy agency gave "inaccurate" information about it to Congress and the White House. The report called CIA management of the program "deeply flawed" -- though agency officials have staunchly defended the program and credited it with helping track down Usama bin Laden and other terror leaders.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the head of the intelligence panel who ordered the release of the report, alleged on the Senate floor on Tuesday that the CIA techniques in some cases amounted to "torture."
"History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say 'never again'," she said on the floor. "There may never be the right time to release this report. ... But this report is too important to shelve indefinitely."
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DECIDED TO RELEASES THIS INFORMATION NOW?
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/09/senate-panel-releases-scathing-report-on-cia-interrogation-amid-warnings/
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I think its a little more complex than the fact of the democrats just trying to bash the Republican. I still think releasing this information was a mistake, and now the people have less faith in the government.
Because they want to bash the republican party for the next election
because they cant lie about it anymore. thats a lot of weight but sometimes the tough decisions must be made,
And maybe they thought that the people weren't ready yet because they were already traumatized from the attack
I think that it is terrible what some people do to other people for information, but I think that they deserved some of such as sleep deprivation I mean they did help with the 9/11 attacks that totally destroyed our nation.
Maybe just to let people know and people could have their own opinions about it.
I think maybe back then wasn't a good time to let people know but since its been awhile they decided to.
I don't know why they let the information go because it was only going to bring criticism to the government not just the other party.
I think that they had to let people know and it's been so long ago, it might be better to find out now than right after the attacks.
It is an important time for prisoners of war because of ISIS, so they may have done it, because it may be a big topic to talk about.
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