Eric Holder could not find any prosecutable offenses had been committed in the interrogation program after years of investigating. But if the report says the CIA misled Congress, why isn’t Dianne Feinstein demanding that the Attorney General reopen the case?
Who knew? Let’s find out. In the Wall Street Journal, former CIA heads claim that the interrogation program was authorized by the highest levels of government. They offer a convincing case that leaders of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees were regularly briefed on specifics between 2002 and 2009. Too bad we can’t put Feinstein or Nancy Pelosi under oath and ask them what they knew. It’s plausible that some of the very politicians who were briefed by CIA were using this report to sermonize us about sanctity of American values this very week.Of course, that’s the real purpose of this report.
Did the program save lives? Let’s find out. The Senate Intelligence Committee report states, “The use of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of obtaining accurate information.” Yet, current CIA Director John Brennan argues that enhanced interrogation techniques did produce “intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists, and save lives.”
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