Tag: Torture

NBC News on Thursday trumpeted its upcoming "exclusive" interview with former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, as conducted by Sunday's "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd. (AP File/Richard Drew)

National Security

Chuck Todd secures leftovers for ‘Meet the Press’ in Dick Cheney interview

Eddie Scarry · December 11, 2014 4:53 pm

Former Dem Senator: ‘Partisan Torture Report Fails America’

Daniel Halper · December 11, 2014 4:43 pm

‘Torture’ report shows Obama’s selective transparency

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2014 10:00 am

In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

Senator calls for CIA chief’s resignation after ‘disturbing’ discovery

Susan Crabtree · December 10, 2014 6:27 pm

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani expressed displeasure Wednesday with the CIA report on extreme interrogations. (AP Photo)

National Security

Afghanistan’s Ghani: CIA ‘violated all accepted norms of human rights’

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2014 5:07 pm

Sen. Carl Levin speaking to reporters. Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor.

Washington Secrets

Carl Levin compares CIA affair to Watergate

Paul Bedard · December 10, 2014 3:50 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as she leaves the Senate chamber after releasing a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks. Feinstein branded the findings a "stain on the nation's history." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate report: CIA’s interrogations much harsher than disclosed

Susan Crabtree · December 9, 2014 10:10 pm

Whether on drones, NSA surveillance or the newly-released report, the president has repeatedly been forced to reconcile his progressive principles with the demands of his intelligence community. (Getty image/Olivier Douliery-Pool)

National Security

Obama’s path on ‘torture’ — it’s complicated

Brian Hughes · December 9, 2014 8:51 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called the findings of the report, "An ugly chapter in American history." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Members of Congress react to CIA ‘torture’ report

Kelly Cohen · December 9, 2014 8:19 pm

The CIA, reacting to the release of the Senate's report on the agency's extreme interrogations, acknowledged making mistakes but disputed findings that the program did nothing to help thwart terrorist attacks and save American lives. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CIA: Mistakes made, but extreme interrogations saved lives

Susan Crabtree · December 9, 2014 7:34 pm

In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Steny Hoyer: Senate correct to release interrogation report now

Sean Lengell · December 9, 2014 7:32 pm

National Security

Feinstein releases CIA report on extreme interrogations

Susan Crabtree · December 9, 2014 6:31 pm