Release Of CIA Torture Report Underscores Need For Full Investigation, Says ACLU

[Solly Mack]

"While this is a welcome first step, we are disappointed that Attorney General Holder still appears unwilling to conduct a full investigation and to prosecute any crimes that are uncovered. A preliminary investigation absent a commitment to prosecute violations of the law is simply anemic. How much evidence of wrongdoing and violations of law is necessary before the attorney general commits to launching a full investigation?" said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "The CIA's own inspector general documented in disturbing detail the level of the torture committed and the extent to which laws were broken. Attorney General Holder's decision not to launch a full investigation is deeply troubling given the evidence already in the public domain of crimes that were committed. Any investigation that truly follows the facts where they lead would inevitably lead to prosecutions of high level officials – not just rogue agents in the field. This issue will not go away by deferring the hard decisions."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. Yes! Durham's mandate is NARROW.

Durham's mandate, the sources added, will be relatively narrow: to look at whether there is enough evidence to launch a full-scale criminal investigation of current and former CIA personnel

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2. knr thanks nt

[madokie]

3. I think it's that Holder doesn't want to look like he's on a witch hunt

like the :puke:s were with whitewater. I have time to wait for this to all play out, I'm not going anywhere, I hope. Just start the investigation and follow where it leads would be my advice. I say if all that evidence, and I don't doubt any of it, proves to be true then go whole hog after the perpertrators

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4. kick n/t