ACLU head: U.S. torturers should be pardoned. At least it will be clear they committed crimes. http://t.co/qRPkCMvvMZ pic.twitter.com/7ATW8QN4Rk
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 8, 2014
If anyone deserves a pardon over this torture report, it's the guy who blew the whistle & gave the info to reporters. He's in jail.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 9, 2014
The Most Gruesome Moments in the CIA ‘Torture Report’ http://t.co/ubZgcmhUI4 via @shaneharris, @timkmak
— JonathanCohn (@JonathanCohn) December 9, 2014
… While the CIA has said publicly that it held about 100 detainees, the committee found that at least 119 people were in the agency’s custody.
“The fact is they lost track and they didn’t really know who they were holding,” the Senate aide said, noting that investigators found emails in which CIA personnel were “surprised” to find some people in their custody. The CIA also determined that at least 26 of its detainees were wrongfully held. Due to the agency’s poor record-keeping, it may never be known precisely how many detainees were held, and how they were treated in custody, the committee found….
The Real Torture Debate
Is the One We're Not Having –>
https://t.co/NrArlFMFVK
— Billmon (@billmon1) December 9, 2014