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Democrats Complain About CIA Leaks
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyOn the defensive over the revelation that top Democrats in the House and Senate knew about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorist detainees from the very earliest days of the controversial program, Democrats on Capitol Hill are complaining that the CIA is engaging in a deliberate media campaign to embarrass the party. The charge revolves around a 10-page summary of briefings given to members of Congress on the CIA interrogations prepared at the request of Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. The report shows that Democrats in ...
Obama Released CIA Memos as Cheney Payback
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyLast week, the Washington Post ran an inside account of the process behind President Barack Obama's decision to declassify and release selected memorandums from the CIA which detail tactics used under the Bush Administration's enhanced interrogations program. The account is failry detailed, describing late night White House meetigs, secret CIA briefings, and secure conferences in the White House Situation Room. But the report demonstrates that the president's ultimate decision was far from focused on national security. Rather, it was steeped in politics. Specifically, the report shows the ...
Rasmussen: Americans Don't Want Investigation of Interrogations
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a newly released Rasmussen Reports poll, a solid majority of Americans say that there should be no investigation by the Obama Administration of the Bush Administration's use of enhanced interrogation techniques on suspected terrorist detainees. Fifty-eight percent of respondents say that the Administration should do nothing further to investigate the interrogations, with just 28 percent believing that an inquiry is warranted. The same number (58%) say that President Obama's release of CIA memos detailing the interrogation techniques was harmful to national security. The results stand in ...
Positive Assessment of Interrogation Techniques Removed from Memos
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe New York Times obtained an unedted copy of a memo written by President Barack Obama's Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair, to his staff in which Blair says that enhanced interrogation techniques practiced by the Bush Administration yielded "high value information." Adm. Blair's assessment of the interrogations was left out of a condensed version of the memo released to the media last week.Blair said in the memo that use of the techniques generated information that helped protect the nation from terrorist attacks. Blair also said that he personally found no fault with ...
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