NOW WE KNOW WHAT'S BEING DONE IN OUR NAME By Charles P. Pierce on April 11, 2014

[Ian Livingston]

The article must be good. It freezes up about the 5th paragraph, so I can't
read the whole thing.



On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:19 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/cia-torture-report-leak-041114
>
>
> *Asked to comment on the findings, CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said: "Given
> the report remains classified, we are unable to comment. As we have stated
> previously, the CIA, in consultation with other agencies, will carry out an
> expeditious classification review of those portions of the final SSCI
> report submitted to the executive branch for review." Senate Intelligence
> Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein also declined to comment except to
> say: "If someone distributed any part of this classified report, they broke
> the law and should be prosecuted."*
>
> This is the debate that started with Edward Snowden, International Man Of
> Luggage. It's far beyond him now. What is more important -- for the
> government to keep its secrets or for the people to know what they need to
> know to govern themselves, and , about what was done in their name, and who
> makes the decision about where the "balance" lies. It cannot lie with the
> people who committed the crimes, not in this democracy.
>
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