Senate Investigation of Bush-Era Torture Erupts into Constitutional Crisis (The Nation)

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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/george-zornick

Scroll down a bit for this article. Zornick does an excellent job of tracing the back story.

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"It’s important to understand that this computer system in effect belonged to Congress, which was conducting crucial oversight of the executive branch as protected by the Constitution. It was this computer system that Feinstein alleges was infiltrated by the CIA.

The CIA began transferring hundreds of thousands, and then millions, of documents related to the enhanced interrogation program to these Senate computers. But it didn’t take long for problems to arise. In 2010, Senate investigators realized that the CIA had removed over 900 files it had initially transferred to them—something Feinstein revealed for the first time Tuesday morning during her speech on the Senate floor.

At first the CIA claimed no files had been removed, then blamed it on the private contractors who were helping the agency vet the documents, and then ultimately blamed it on an order from the White House. The administration denied giving any such order and brokered a peace between Feinstein and the CIA, which included a CIA apology.

But soon a far more severe breach arose."

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1. Direct link to the article, in case it slides too far down the page at The Nation.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/178792/senate-investigation-bush-era-torture-erupts-constitutional-crisis

[Iwillnevergiveup]

2. Why, thank you, enough

This was one of the most comprehensive articles I read on this subject, so really appreciate the direct link.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

3. Mike Malloy referenced this article

and I became more curious because I had not heard of George Zornick.

Here's that link from I believe, yesterday.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181359

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4. k & r! n/t

[nashville_brook]

5. this is an excellent piece