{"id":7839,"date":"2014-12-10T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2014-12-10T19:43:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T00:43:12","slug":"senate-torture-report-initial-two-cents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/10\/senate-torture-report-initial-two-cents\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Torture Report &#8211; My Initial Two Cents+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not finished reading the Senate Intelligence Committee&#8217;s report on CIA torture.\u00a0 Following are some of my initial thoughts via Twitter @jimbovard &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> CIA interrogators often did not speak the language of detainees so they compensated by beating hell out of them<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542839430164516864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> With all the redactions from the report, the only certainty is that  CIA practices &amp; policies were worse than we yet know<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542816960179077120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> CIA figured that the best way to get clear answers from detainees was to brutalize them to stay awake for 7 days straight<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542407736739127299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a>  I am surprised that some Republicans believe that opposition to compulsory rectal feeding is a partisan issue<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542809935663624192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fact that CIA &amp; torture henchmen are disputing the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> is best reason to disclose the rest of the damn report<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542764026913370113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> A test of political literacy &#8211; whether people expect happy results from government breaking the law @ killing &amp; torturing<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/542763130703859712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After all the deceits the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TortureReport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TortureReport<\/a> documented, why in hell would anyone defer to any assertion from a CIA official on anything?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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