Detention and interrogation techniques. Ask the senator from california progress mr. Present him to thank the leader for his words and for his support. They are extraordinarily welcomed and appreciated. Today, a 500 page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence committees five and a half year review of the cia detention and Interrogation Program which was conducted between 2002 and 2009 is being released publicly. The executive summary which is going out today is backed by 6700 page classified and unredacted report with 38000 footnotes. Which can be released if necessary at a laterer time. The report released today examines cia secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques in some, cases amounting tot torture. Over the past g couple of weeks ive gone through a great deal of introspection about whether to delay the release of this report to a later time. This clearly is a period of turmoil and instability in many parts of the
Detention and interrogation techniques. Ask the senator from california progress mr. Present him to thank the leader for his words and for his support. They are extraordinarily welcomed and appreciated. Today, a 500 page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence committees five and a half year review of the cia detention and Interrogation Program which was conducted between 2002 and 2009 is being released publicly. The executive summary which is going out today is backed by 6700 page classified and unredacted report with 38000 footnotes. Which can be released if necessary at a laterer time. The report released today examines cia secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques in some, cases amounting tot torture. Over the past g couple of weeks ive gone through a great deal of introspection about whether to delay the release of this report to a later time. This clearly is a period of turmoil and instability in many parts of the
Family and all of her loved ones the comfort of knowing what an extraordinary woman what extraordinary senator Dianne Feinstein was. Without madam president i would yield the floor. Those were tribute to senator Dianne Feinstein three decades in the senate made her the longestserving female u. S. Senator. She passed away at last night at the age of 90. Up next a look back at senator feinstein in 2014 when she served as chair of the Senate Intelligence committee. At the time she delivered a Senate Floor Speech about the committees report on the cia detention and interrogation techniques. Ask the senator from california progress mr. Present him to thank the leader for his words and for his support. They are extraordinarily welcomed and appreciated. Today, a 500 page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence committees five and a half year review of the cia detention and Interrogation Program which was conducted between 2002 and 2009 is being released publicly. The executive summary wh
About purpose is to learn and think about a new book of great importance to members of our society. Davids new book protestants abroad it, a missionary tried to change the world but changed america, we have the galleys. It is not quite available in bookstores. It appears this fall from rinsed in the press. I have the honor of sharing this roundtable. We will proceed as follows. First, david will speak to lay out the books major themes. We will hear from our panel of three distinguished historians responding. They will appear in the order of the program. Thatt to address an error he organizedor, and brought us together. He has modestly declined to participate. He is at the top of the description and we may or may not from here dashcam in the larger discussion. We thank him for bringing us across the room here. After hearing from our panelists, we will turn to open discussion. Hopefully we have 20 of time for that area plenty of time for that area i am pleased to introduce david from the
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