Some in 'torture' report denied chance to read it

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By KEN DILANIAN

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — About a dozen former CIA officials named in a classified Senate report on decade-old agency interrogation practices were notified in recent days that they would be able to review parts of the document in a secure room in suburban Washington after signing a secrecy agreement.

Then, on Friday, many were told they would not be able to see it, after all.

Some of them were furious, while Democratic Senate aides were angry that they were given the chance in the first place.

It's the latest chapter in the drama and recriminations that have been playing out behind the scenes in connection with what some call the Senate torture report, a summary of which is being declassified and is expected to be released in the coming weeks.

FULL story at link.



FILE - A workman quickly slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington, in this March 3, 2005 file photo. About a dozen former CIA officials named in a classified Senate report on decade-old agency interrogation practices were notified in recent days that they would be able to review parts of the document in a secure room in suburban Washington after signing a secrecy agreement. Then, on Friday, July 25, 2014 many were told they would not be able to see it, after all. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140726/us--cia-investigations-c8e1f52ab1.html

[JDPriestly]

1. The report should be made public, and the CIA employees who wish to rebut it should be

Last edited Sat Jul 26, 2014, 12:55 PM - Edit history (1)

allowed to do so in writing.

Too much secrecy.

When people accept public positions and then are unwilling to allow the public for whom they work to scrutinize their behavior in those positions, the public is not in charge. The public is supposed to be the ultimate boss in America.

Sorry, guys, you've got this backward. The Constitution was written so that the American people would be entitled to have privacy and be able to keep secrets from the government, not so that the government could keep secrets of interest to the public from the public.

It's that simple.

Torture is a crime. Just be glad that you are not going to prison for it. Because id you tortured prisoners you should be going to prison for it. It is a crime.

Since George Washington crossed the Potomac, the rule has been that Americans don't torture prisoners.

I can't get over the irony of it. People who delve into other people's secrets, who then write reports or report back to their bosses about other people's secrets are complaining that the authorities won't let them see the secrets reported about them. The secrecy is the problem.

The citizens are supposed to have the right to privacy. The government is supposed to be open. Everything is turned around. That's bad. It leads to no good.

[billhicks76]

3. 100% Spot On

This isn't debatable. Torture is evil.

[bananas]

2. 50 Shades of Abu Ghraib - Non-fiction. nt

[freshwest]

4. Bush scrubbers at work: