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The NYT reports that with the release of the long-awaited Senate report on the use of torture by the United States government — a detailed account that will shed an unsparing light on the Central Intelligence Agency’s darkest practices after the September 2001 terrorist attacks, the US is bracing itself for the risk that it will set off a backlash overseas. Some leading Republican lawmakers have warned against releasing the report, saying that domestic and foreign intelligence reports indicate that a detailed account of the brutal interrogation methods used by the CIA during the George W. Bush administration could incite unrest and violence, even resulting in the deaths of Americans. The White House acknowledged that the report could pose a “greater risk” to American installations and personnel in countries like Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Iraq. But it said that the government had months to plan for the reverberations from its report — indeed, years — and that those risks should not delay the release of the report by the Senate Intelligence Committee. “When would be a good time to release this report?” the White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, asked. “It’s difficult to imagine one, particularly given the painful details that will be included.”
Among the administration’s concerns is that terrorist groups will exploit the disclosures in the report for propaganda value. The Islamic State already clads its American hostages in orange jumpsuits, like those worn by prisoners in CIA interrogations. Hostages held by the Islamic State in Syria were subjected to waterboarding, one of the practices used by the CIA to extract information from suspected terrorists. The 480-page document reveals the results of Senate investigation into the CIA's use of torture and other techniques that violate international law against prisoners held on terrorism-related charges. Though many details of the Senate's findings will remain classified – the document is a summary of a 6,000-page report that is not being released – the report is expected to conclude that the methods used by the CIA to interrogate prisoners during the post-9/11 years were more extreme than previously admitted and produced no intelligence that could not have been acquired through legal means.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by isostatic on Wednesday December 10 2014, @12:45AM
What's the tech angle here?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Tork on Wednesday December 10 2014, @12:58AM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by chromas on Wednesday December 10 2014, @01:54AM
For one thing, the Obama administration was forcing systemd and PulseAudio on suspected ter'rists, while the Bush admin used Norton and Windows Vista. Rumor has it that we're going to fork the CIA. Watch for the Kickstarter.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Wednesday December 10 2014, @01:54AM
Well it has yet to be released, but I suspect the tech angle is that the torture involves digital content, miley cyrus, google cardboard and an Android phone... go figure
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday December 10 2014, @02:01AM
Another obtuse one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Wednesday December 10 2014, @02:35AM
a-cute comment like this is why I keep coming back to soylent...
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday December 10 2014, @03:38AM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Wednesday December 10 2014, @05:49AM
I think your comment fell flat, and you're using circular logic.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday December 10 2014, @09:37AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 10 2014, @02:18AM
The name of the blog is Soylentnews and, as such, it's fine for it to cover a wide array of topics.