C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees
The AG is just doing his job, of course, despite objections by both parties, including the president:
Getting the information was not easy, nor do we have all of the facts even now:
If nothing illegal was sanctioned, then why the secrecy?
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. named a veteran federal prosecutor on Monday to examine abuse of prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency, after the Justice Department released a long-secret report showing interrogators choked a prisoner repeatedly and threatened to kill another detainee’s children.
The AG is just doing his job, of course, despite objections by both parties, including the president:
“As attorney general, my duty is to examine the facts and to follow the law,” Mr. Holder said in a statement. “Given all of the information currently available, it is clear to me that this review is the only responsible course of action for me to take.”
Getting the information was not easy, nor do we have all of the facts even now:
The report was released Monday under a court order in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Although large portions of the 109-page report are blacked out, it gives new details about a variety of abuses inside the C.I.A.’s overseas prisons, including suggestions about sexually assaulting members of a detainee’s family
If nothing illegal was sanctioned, then why the secrecy?