Members of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted recently to release a report on the “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) used in questioning terrorist subjects in the years following the 9/11 attacks during the Bush administration. The classified report now goes back to the CIA for permission to release it to the general public because Congress can’t release information that was classified by the executive branch without its permission.
There are reasons for misgivings about making the report public, not the least of which is that its release could be timed to affect November voting. The crucial question, however, is whether the report includes a clear and fair determination, based on credible evidence, of whether EITs actually gained intelligence information that saved American lives or led to the capture of more terrorists.
