The study needs to be read. Available online. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=7c85429a-ec38-4bb5-968f-289799bf6d0e&SK=D500C4EBC500E1D256BA519211895909 … #ReadTheReport #NeverAgain
500-page exec summary is small part of 6,700-page report. No cherry picking. Everything is documented by 38,000 footnotes. #ReadTheReport
Why was there a waterboard and buckets at COBALT facility? Page 51 #ReadTheReport
100+ interview reports, oral and written testimony, CIA’s response and numerous CIA meetings all contributed to study. #ReadTheReport
Future president could reverse executive order, reinstate EIT program. Legislation is needed. #ReadTheReport
Critical intelligence that led to bin Laden was unrelated to EITs. #ReadTheReport #TortureReport
Study definitively proves EITs did not lead to bin Laden. Page 378. #ReadTheReport
EIT authority based on vital, otherwise unavailable intel. Not “useful information.” #ReadTheReport
Numerous abuses never brought to the attention of DOJ or CIA IG. #ReadTheReport
Internal CIA "Panetta Review" agreed with study’s conclusions. #ReadTheReport
No evidence that terror attacks were stopped, terrorists captured or lives saved through use of EITs. #ReadTheReport
CIA helps keep our nation safe, strong. Torture does not. We must learn from our mistakes. #ReadTheReport
“Useful information” was not the legal policy standard for EITs. #ReadTheReport
Former CIA General Counsel Preston says CIA provided inaccurate information. #ReadTheReport
Brennan: "unknowable" if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport
Full Senate Intel Committee not briefed until four years after program began, hours before it was made public. #ReadTheReport
CIA spent $40 million, a process that made the study last longer than five years. #ReadTheReport
Covert authority did not include authorization to use coercive interrogation techniques. #ReadTheReport
Coercive interrogation techniques don’t work. Traditional intelligence collection, interrogation and law enforcement do. #ReadTheReport
CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, DOD, NGA, State Dept, DHS and many other agencies help keep us safe. Torture does not. #ReadTheReport
Executive summary backed up by 6,700-page classified report, 38,000 footnotes. Every fact based on CIA record, cables, etc. #ReadTheReport
CIA says "unknowable" if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport
Tuesday: “I am releasing this report because I know there are thousands of employees at the CIA who do not condone” torture. #ReadTheReport
Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA detention/interrogation is available online. #ReadTheReport Executive summary: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=7c85429a-ec38-4bb5-968f-289799bf6d0e&SK=D500C4EBC500E1D256BA519211895909 …
FACT CHECK: Intelligence Committee Relied on Interview Reports to Document CIA Study. http://1.usa.gov/167aGEz
FACT CHECK: Intelligence Committee did not spend $40 million on CIA detention and interrogation study. http://1.usa.gov/1sd5BEB
This timeline includes key events concerning the Intelligence Committee’s CIA detention and interrogation report: http://1.usa.gov/1umLXkN
In written testimony, @EricGarcetti points out undocumented immigrants in California paid $2.2 billion in taxes in 2010. #ImmigrationAction
Read about Astrid Silva. She’s testifying at today’s Senate Judiciary hearing on the president’s #ImmigrationAction: http://wapo.st/1v2cMyl
Answers to frequent questions about the Intelligence Committee’s report about CIA detention/interrogation program: http://1.usa.gov/1ugDazH
Read more about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA’s detention and interrogation program here: http://1.usa.gov/1w9VBeY
Read the Senate Intelligence Committee’s executive summary on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program: http://1.usa.gov/1sfCzic
Speaking on Senate floor momentarily about the Intel Cmte report on CIA detention and interrogation program. Watch: http://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=c-span-2 …
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