CREDIT: AP New evidence might bring new legal cases against American officials involved in the Central Intelligence Agency’s “enhanced interrogation” program after the release of previously classified information on Tuesday. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s 525-page report report detailing the “brutal” interrogations of 119 detainees has spurred calls for prosecution from the U.N., as well as human rights’ and civil liberties organizations. “We made mistakes,” C.I.A. director John Brennan said in a statement, but he maintained that his agency’s policies were legal. “Detainees were subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), which the Department of Justice determined at the time to...
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