Saturday, April 05, 2014

Washington Post giving space to a CIA torturer to lie about merits of his torture program


Jose A. Rodriguez Jr. is the former head of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and the author of “Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives.”

"People might think it is wrong for me to condemn a report I haven’t read. But since the report condemns a program I ran, I think I have justification.

On Thursday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify and release hundreds of pages of its report on U.S. terrorist interrogation practices. Certain senators have proclaimed how devastating the findings are, saying the CIA’s program was unproductive, badly managed and misleadingly sold ... " .... http://www.washingtonpost.com