Eric garner chokehold case. And a report regarding eliminating autism. Accountability emerging after a Senate Report revealed harsh c. I. A. Interrogation practices, many call torture. Many believe criminal charges should be brought against american officials. One senator called the c. I. A. Direct arrest liar and said he should quit. But despite thousands of pages of evidence its unlikely that anyone will be prosecuted. Reporter senator mark udall, democrat of colorado, who sits on the intelligence committee, has long been critical of the c. I. A. And its director john brennan saying that brennan and the c. I. A. Are continue to go willfully provide inaccurate information and misrepresent how ineffective torture is. Mark udall said the c. I. A. Is lying. Its bad enough not to prosecute these officials, but to reward or promote them and risk the enter great o integrity of the u. S. Government is incomprehensible. The president needs to purge his administration of highlevel officials in
And honoring malala. The youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Tonight there are calls from around the world accountability and for prosecutions after the Senate Report on torture by the cia. The worlds media and even some American Allies are using language like scandalous, devastating and a grave violation of democratic values. There are many here in the United States defending the agency and the tactics it used on terror suspects. Libby casey reports. Water boarding, sleep deprivation, tactics used by the cia on tee takenees in the post 9 11 era. Experts say thats not president s call. Its not the president of the United States to conduct a criminal inquiry as to the action hes of somebody who works at the cia thats an independent prosecutor, who can look at this without any sort of political interference and conduct an investigation and reach a conclusion based on their own view of the facts. Reporter but there were calls on the senate floor from democrats for action. It
This is Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im tony harris. We begin with questions of accountabiliti merging one day after a Senate Report revealed harsh c. I. A. Interrogation practices many call torture. The u. N. Counter terrorism chief calls for accountability. President obama is focusing on what his administration has done. Namely banning the socalled enhanced interrogation techniques. He said that will ensure that the same mistakes never happen again. But critics say thats just not enough. And those responsible should be prosecuted. Water boarding, sleep depravation, tactics use in the post 9 11. Its not the president obama who conducts a criminal inquiry into the action of somebody who works at the c. I. A. Thats the responsibility of a career federal prosecutor who can take an independent look at this, who can do so without political interference and conduct an investigation and reach a conclusion based on their own view of the facts. But there were calls on the senat
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. We began with the ferguson grand jury decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of the unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Robert mcculloch spoke at a press conference last night. After the review of the evidence the grand jury deliberated over 2 days making their decision. They determined no probable cause exists to file charge against officer wilson, and no true bill on each of the five indictments. After the indictment president obama made an unusual statement from the White House Briefing room. This is not just an issue for ferguson. This is an issue for america. We have made enormous progress in race relations. I have witnessed that in my own life. To deny that progress, is to deny americas capacity for change. But what is also true is there are still problems. Communities of color are not making this up. Separating that from this decision, there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is
From our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. We began with the ferguson grand jury decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of the unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Robert mcculloch spoke at a press conference last night. After the review of the evidence the grand jury deliberated over 2 days making their decision. Determined no probable cause exists to file charge against officer wilson, and no true bill on each of the five indictments. After the indictment president obama made an unusual statement from the White House Briefing room. This is not just an issue for ferguson. This is an issue for america. Progressade in normas in enormous progress in race relations. I have witnessed that in my own life. , is to that progress deny americas capacity for change. Is thereis also true are still problems. Communities of color are not making this up. Separating that from this decision, there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is being appl