The country tries to get to the bottom of terrorist plots, we come through long and heated debate whether what is now known should ever become public, and now it has. The thrust of the report boils down to this. People were tortured contrary to the repeated assertions that it was worse than people let on, and it didnt work and when responsible branches of the government tried to find out what went on, they were often lied to. The report received today looks at c. I. A. s detention of 119 individuals and use of coercive techniques in some cases amount no torture. The practices used by the United States after 9, long in the making, politically charged, it reports previously undisclosed techniques used by the c. I. A. The report found that the interrogations of c. I. A. Detainees were brutal, and far worse than the c. I. A. Represented to policymakers and others. It accuses the c. I. A. Of using interrogation technique such as violent threats to a prisoners families, including the threat
Its going to be up to us. Every one of us and lots of other people all over the country just as businesses in the free market follow consumer demand, political candidates take their cues from the voters. We have the power in this process, but only if were willing to use it. Only if were willing to expect more out of our wouldbe leaders and only if were willing to expect more out of ourselves. We have a job to do, and that job is not just to find the guy that can shout freedom the loudest. Its not just the guy that can tell the best joe biden jokes. By the way, did you hear what joe biden said the other day . Never mind its too easy. If thats what conservatives reward, and if thats all they reward in the next year and over the next two days here at cpac, if thats what they reward with cheers and Standing Ovations and straw poll votes, then thats all that we as conservatives will ever get, talking points and platitudes and empty promises, but when conservatives elevate on serious preside
And youre going to hear a lot of that over the next 12 hours. I want to tenp you something c;s to bes pz optimistic about as we kick off my partdh there are in americans a deep there are deep reserves of feelings that america is a lot more about countrytg than its about the federal register. There is in america a deep skepticism of the idea that you can centrally plan all of life. Weve got things that youre going to hear about. Senator lee did a great job in the last sessionu ptalking about the crisis of ther three branches that check and balance one another. Theres polling showing only about 38 of the voting public know that we have three branches of government. So when we have a crisis of a legislature thats for decades kicked legislative and lawmaking authority to the executives, and we have an executive that just claim the authorities that violate his constitutional oath, theren crisis. But there is also great opportunity for us. And that is that the American People deeply believe
Our people built the farms, the ranches, the schools, the4 5n churches, the not for profit associations, the cpac, almost everything meaningful in American Life happened just as senator lee said by voluntaryism. We have to tell the story of washington existing to. I framework for liberty so life can be6 n community. At the end of the day, the meaning of america is about that voluntary civil;;in society by which neighbors come to neighbor and solve their problems together, not by the coercive powers of5ubw the state but by persuasion and entrepreneurial activity and by med÷lrst institutions. And i think we need to talk about that some today. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you, senator. And next speaking well have charlie kirk from turning point usa. He saw that americans, especially millennials, didnt understand Economic Issues as well as they should, and decided to do something about it. So he found edored turning point usa. Lets hear a little bit from him. Thank you. [ applause ] than
Mystery dwindling their numbers. If we continue at this trajectory well be out of moose in 2025. Return to the ring. The return of one champion, how her fighting spirit is winning over new fans. Good evening, thanks for being was, im joie chen. We start tonight in ukraine. Police stormed opposition camps, the result is this flames, fireworks, guns, grenade. The blood yesterday since the protest began. The demonstrators took over Independence Square after the president rejected a deal with the yooup European Union in favour of closer ties with russia. Protesters threw rocks and firebombs as riot police moved in to disperse the crowd. Police fired back with fire grenades. We spoke with chris miller, editing the key post, and fruited all day and might about the violence. I asked about the injuries he is seeing. I watched a young man. I believe he was a teenager, no more than 21 or 22, get shot in the eye. I am sure he will lose the eye. He was bleeding profusely. Medics took him to an amb