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Then I guess they should have been asked so their reply could have been put into the record for the report.
Like I said, let the excuses begin, but the claims are known. What we have is the results. Bottom line, no results to show.
How do you know if they didn't ask.
It doesn't occur to you that the Senate Dem staffers started with a conclusion and included only what supported it in the report?Otherwise they would have at least tried to make it appear honest.
I don't think so. This was pretty clear from the beginning. Remember no one was ever able to say when and where anything ever did anything, and when they did, it proved false. People had to willingly suspend disbelieve to accept torture worked to start with. There was tons of evidence prior to show that it didn't. We had clear examples of where it failed that could be shared, even during this time period (see al Libi).
Well lookee here ... today from a big time Dem, no less ...
"I do not need to read the report to know that the Democratic staff alone wrote it. The Republicans checked out early when they determined that their counterparts started out with the premise that the CIA was guilty and then worked to prove it."
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"... The Senate's Intelligence Committee staff chose to interview no one. Their rationale - that some officers were under investigation and could not be made available – is not persuasive. Most officers were never under investigation and for those who were, the process ended by 2012. "
"Fairness should dictate that the examination of documents alone do not eliminate the need for interviews conducted by the investigators. Isolated emails, memos and transcripts can look much different when there is no context or perspective provided by those who sent, received or recorded them."
"... I do not need to read the report in full to know this: We have not been attacked since and for that I am very grateful. "
Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America