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Sen. Harry Reid: CIA Interrogations a "Torture Program"

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014   

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is among those condemning the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on some terrorist suspects following the Sept. 11 attacks.

Reid was among several lawmakers who spoke on the Senate floor after the release Tuesday of a report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on CIA interrogation practices.

"The implications of this report are profound," Reid said. "Not only is torture wrong, but it doesn't work. Without this report, the American people would not know what actually took place under the CIA's torture program. It got us nothing except a bad name."

Reid also said the report shows that water-boarding and sleep-deprivation practices did not reveal any useful information about possible terrorist plots.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that from the president to people on the street, the CIA provided misleading information, claiming that its program was successful.

"The CIA," she said, "provided extensive, inaccurate information about the program and its effectiveness to the White House, the Department of Justice, Congress, the CIA Inspector General, the media and the American public."

In a written statement, President Obama said the report's findings are the reason he ended the CIA's detention and interrogation program shortly after taking office in 2009. He added that one of the strengths that makes America exceptional is "our willingness to openly confront our past, face our imperfections, make changes and do better."

The report is online at intelligence.senate.gov.


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