Information about the program and its effectiveness to the white house, the department of justice, congress, the c. I. A. Inspector general, the media, and the american public. This conclusion is somewhat personal for me. I remember clearly when director hayden briefed the Intelligence Committee for the first time on the socalled e. I. T. s at that september, 2006 committee meeting. He referred specifically to a quote actually slap end quote among other techniques and presented the entire set of techniques as minimally harmful and implied in a highly clinical and professional manner. They were not. The committees report demonstrates that these techniques were physically very harmful and that the constraints that existed on paper in washington did not match the way techniques were used at c. I. A. Sites around the world. A particular of particular note was the treatment of abu zubaydah over the span of 17 days in august of 2002. This involved nonstop interrogation and abuse, 24 7, from
Chapman, lor lorenzo goco, trecd genif, michael neblet, michael pezner, Caroline Tess and james wolf. And finally david granite, who has been a neverfaltering staff director throughout this review. Madam president , this study is bigger than the actions of the c. I. A. Its really about American Values and more or less. Its about the constitution, the bill of rights, our rule of law. These values exist regardless of the circumstances in which we find ourselves. They exist in peacetime and in wartime, and if we cast aside these values when convenient, we have failed to live by the very preseptembers that precepts that make our nation a great jaun. There is a r twhee carry the banner after great nation. So we submit this stud on behalf of the committee to the public in the belief that it will stand the test of time and with it the report will carry the message never again. I very much appreciate your attention and i yield to senator mccain. You can see the report. Up next, well would hear
Knowing whether they have been limited on what actions might or may not be available. The president has made it clear it is not his policy. I have never seen anybody more adamant about that and more clear in every statement he has made. They were all quoted. He has reiterated it. But that doesnt mean that you want to take away what might be conceivably necessary the president is absolutely clear about his policy. President s the decision to use force and thank you to this committee for voting and having made clear that congress was moving in that direction guess what . Instead of one or two days of bombing, in order to send a message that you shouldnt use these, we got a deal with russia to get 100 of the weapons out. That is because you didnt limited. Didnt limit it. That was another moment where for the first time in history during a conflict we removed all known declared chemical weapons from a country, and believe me thank god we did. Today, isolate is in their controlling half the
The Senate Debate today was thoughtful and well reasoned on both sides. And left very few of us undecided. This program has been and remains one of the most vitalle tools in the war against terrorists. Today, the trofrian and damning torture report was finally released. This is the result. 40 million, 5 1 2 year, and this is only the summary. Let me now turn to the contents of the study. Gruesome details on what was done in the name of intelligence gather popping. This was done in our name, the American Peoples name. Detainees were often subject to harsh and brutal interrogation. Stripped naked, diapered, physically struck, constantly shackled in isolated cells. They were deprived of sleep for days. These harsh techniques were not approved by anyone ever. This program was morally, legally and administraively misguided. The detention and Interrogation Program was conceived by people who were ignorant of the topic and made it up on the fly. Its use was shameful and unnecessary. It produc