Most of Washington, D.C. is a bit busy tonight wrangling over the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill and the threat of another government shutdown, but Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein is desperately hyping the so-called “torture report” released Tuesday.
Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan gave a rare public press conference earlier today to defend his agency from accusations levied in that report, but lest anyone be swayed, Feinstein launched a #ReadTheReport hashtag to rebut Brennan.
@SenFeinstein live checking Brennan right now on her TL, using the hashtag #ReadTheReport … point-counterpoint powered by Twitter.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 11, 2014
Fun to watch her lose it on twitter “@SenFeinstein: “Useful information” was not the legal policy standard for EITs. #ReadTheReport”
— Ben Ferguson (@benfergusonshow) December 11, 2014
While @SenFeinstein throws a Twitter fit for her hack report against America, #ISIS is trying to sell James Foley's body. #ReadTheReport
— Karyn Ciscowski? (@ciscowski) December 11, 2014
And don’t try to use the excuse that you still haven’t finished reading the Obamacare bill; Feinstein says the 6,700-page report also comes with a handy 500-page executive summary.
500-page exec summary is small part of 6,700-page report. No cherry picking. Everything is documented by 38,000 footnotes. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
So, just #ReadTheReport, OK? Especially you, Brennan. Here’s a selected sample of Feinstein’s tweets.
Tuesday: “I am releasing this report because I know there are thousands of employees at the CIA who do not condone” torture. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
CIA says "unknowable" if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, DOD, NGA, State Dept, DHS and many other agencies help keep us safe. Torture does not. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Coercive interrogation techniques don’t work. Traditional intelligence collection, interrogation and law enforcement do. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Covert authority did not include authorization to use coercive interrogation techniques. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
CIA spent $40 million, a process that made the study last longer than five years. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Full Senate Intel Committee not briefed until four years after program began, hours before it was made public. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Former CIA General Counsel Preston says CIA provided inaccurate information. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
“Useful information” was not the legal policy standard for EITs. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
CIA helps keep our nation safe, strong. Torture does not. We must learn from our mistakes. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Study definitively proves EITs did not lead to bin Laden. Page 378. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Critical intelligence that led to bin Laden was unrelated to EITs. #ReadTheReport #TortureReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Future president could reverse executive order, reinstate EIT program. Legislation is needed. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
100+ interview reports, oral and written testimony, CIA’s response and numerous CIA meetings all contributed to study. #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
Why was there a waterboard and buckets at COBALT facility? Page 51 #ReadTheReport
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
The study needs to be read. Available online. http://t.co/2JYuT0chaC #ReadTheReport #NeverAgain
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014
If you can’t spare the time to read even the 500-page executive summary, former Vice President Dick Cheney managed to offer his own executive summary yesterday in just six words.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/542818042808659968
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