You failed.U.S. Boosts Security At Facilities Ahead Of Torture Report's Release
The U.S. has increased security of its facilities around the world ahead of the release Tuesday by the Senate of the executive summary of its report on the CIA's interrogation practices in the war on terrorism, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said today.
"The administration has for months been preparing for the release of this report. There are some indications that the release of this report could lead to a greater risk that is posed to U.S. facilities and individuals all around the world," Earnest said. "So the administration has taken the prudent step to ensure that the proper security precautions are in place at U.S. facilities around the globe."
He said the Senate Intelligence Committee had informed the White House that the executive summary will be released on Tuesday, adding that the White House supported the move.
"The president believes that on principle it's important to release that report so that people around the world, and people here at home, understand what exactly what transpired," he said.
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted in April to release the 480-page executive summary of the report on the CIA's interrogation policies during the presidency of George W. Bush
It's worth noting here that many people are calling the document the Senate's report. It is, in fact, the executive summary of the full 6,200-page report.
Criticism began even before its details were made public.
Secretary of State John Kerry called Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, chair of the Senate intelligence panel, last week on behalf of the White House, asking for a delay. NPR's Lauren Hodges reported there were fears in Congress the report would put "American personnel in danger overseas and incite further violence from extremists."
But lawmakers such as Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said it was essential the executive summary was released.
"This report would never happen in North Korea or China or Russia," she told CBS on Monday. "But in the United States, we hold our government accountable. And, I think, that process is so important, so fundamental to our democracy, that it's essential that this report comes out."
Bush, speaking on CNN over the weekend, said he hadn't read the report, but called those in the CIA "patriots."
"And whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base," he said. "And I knew the directors, I knew the deputy directors, you know, I knew a lot of the operators. These are good people, really good people and we're lucky as a nation to have them."
The New York Times reported that the former president's team "has decided to link arms with former intelligence officials and challenge its conclusions."
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It must be pretty bad if they're having to tighten security.
The report is about US interrogation techniques.
The headline writer characterized it as "torture", which is a value judgement.
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If you're referring to waterboarding, it is torture. You need to brush up on some history. In 1947, the US charged a Japanese officer with war crimes just for waterboarding a US civilian. He did 15 years of hard labor in prison.
Since the US military waterboards some soldiers to prepare them for what might happen to them if captured, shouldn't they be arrested and imprisoned?
I bet they don't waterboard them 183 times.
In a further embarrassment for Mr Bush yesterday, Malcolm Nance, an advisor on terrorism to the US departments of Homeland Security, Special Operations and Intelligence, publicly denounced the practice. He revealed that waterboarding is used in training at the US Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School in San Diego, and claimed to have witnessed and supervised "hundreds" of waterboarding exercises. Although these last only a few minutes and take place under medical supervision, he concluded that "waterboarding is a torture technique – period".
Waterboarding is torture - I did it myself says US advisor - Americas - World - The Independent
If waterboarding a soldier one time is not a crime, how many times must they do it for it to be called a crime? According to the CIA, there was medical supervision present when they waterboarded a prisoner. I am not interested in a biased opinion expressed by a political advisor.