July 2, 2009

White House Delays Release of CIA Report

Obama Administration Says it Needs Two More Months to Review Report

  • The White House says it needs more time to review a report on the effectiveness of waterboarding.

    The White House says it needs more time to review a report on the effectiveness of waterboarding.  (AP / CBS)

(AP)  The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.

The Justice Department originally had said it intended to release the report in June as part of a lawsuit, but department officials said Thursday they need until the end of August.

The report by the CIA's inspector general questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation methods, such as waterboarding, employed by CIA interrogators during the Bush administration.

Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said the report contains information that overlaps with other CIA documents that they also must review and release together by a court-ordered Aug. 31 deadline.


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by starleo146 July 3, 2009 9:09 PM EDT
y libscrytoo July 2, 2009 4:46 PM PDT
You could not second guess anyone anyway. You have a biased objective. That being said, you could not do it if you wanted too. You're not for honesty, you're for what you want to believe.

What I see coming out of this comment that Bush is great, yea, and you have the audacity to question I am for honesty comment.
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by veteran71 July 3, 2009 5:35 PM EDT
Obama was supposed to open up the government files and show the American people what the Bush/Cheney Crime Cartel had been up to for the last 8 years, including Torture, Mass Murder, Treason, Massive Theft, and untold Crimes Against Humanity, but he appears to be nothing but a Neocon Nazi Double-Agent, continuing the same policies and crimes.
Revolution seems ever more the only solution to this continuing National Nightmare......
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by wmsshields July 3, 2009 10:34 AM EDT
But he can propose, offer for "debate", and pass 1,200 page legislation in 24 hours. I guess he has no need to understand and examine the implications of Pelosi's laws.
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by iam4honesty July 2, 2009 7:08 PM EDT
I would never attempt to second guess this President. This one is smart.
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by libscrytoo July 2, 2009 7:46 PM EDT
You could not second guess anyone anyway. You have a biased objective. That being said, you could not do it if you wanted too. You're not for honesty, you're for what you want to believe.
by iam4honesty July 3, 2009 9:47 AM EDT
lib,

You never have anything to contribute. You simply get on this site and do your namecalling and spew your venom. What the he11 is wrong with you? Too early toilet training?
by trigs_8 July 2, 2009 7:02 PM EDT
I expected the Obama administration to undress the ex-Prez but it looks like what we voted for is very much like what we voted against. I want the truth and Obama and the Dems say, "You can't handle the truth". Grow a spine and show me the man behind the curtain (for the last 8 years). I can take it.
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