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Senate Releases Its Report on the CIA Torture Program
The Senate Intelligence Committee dropped a much-awaited bombshell today: a massive report accusing the CIA of torture and dishonesty during the War in Iraq. We hear details and reaction.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe Senate Intelligence Committee dropped a much-awaited bombshell today: a massive report accusing the CIA of torture and dishonesty during the War in Iraq. We hear details and reaction. Also, bumping into the Free Syrian Army at coffee.
Photo: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) discusses a newly released Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on Capitol Hill in Washington December 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Senate TV/Handout)
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2 storiesBlack Sites and Dark Days for the CIA
In the first years after 911, the CIA allowed the torture of detainees and lied to the Bush Administration and Congress about the intelligence it produced.
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Veteran Middle East reporter Robin Wright is back from an assignment in Gaziantep, Turkey for the New Yorker magazine. What she saw up close was the desperate plight of Syrian rebels, caught between the Assad government and ISIS — with expensive support from the US, which may or may not be working.
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