CREDIT: AP Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) blasted the Obama administration for helping the CIA cover-up its enhanced interrogation program during a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday morning. The outgoing Colorado senator publicized the contents of a classified CIA report that directly contradicts public statements the Agency has made about the Senate’s explosive analysis of the Bush-era techniques. Following Tuesday’s release of a 600-page declassified summary , the CIA acknowledged that the agency “did not always live up to the high standards that we set for ourselves” but insisted that torture helped prevent terrorism on American soil and...
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