"Report Finds 'Indisputable' Proof That U.S. Tortured Detainees After 9/11" PBS Newshour 4/16/2013
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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture after 9/11. That was the starkest finding in a report released today by the Constitution Project, a bipartisan legal research and advocacy group, after a two-year investigation by a task force of former high-ranking government, military, and law enforcement officials.
Among much else, the report concludes that the nation's highest officials bear some responsibility for allowing and contributing to the spread of torture, and that information gleaned via harsh interrogation yielded little valuable intelligence. The report also criticizes the Obama administration for what it calls excessive secrecy.
Two members of the task force that produced the report join us now. James Jones, a former Democratic congressman and ambassador to Mexico, co-chaired the group, along with Republican Asa Hutchinson. Also with us is David Irvine, a retired Army Brigadier General and former Republican state legislator.
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