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CIA to Release Torture Report

HeadlineAug 21, 2009

The latest disclosures also come just days before the CIA is set to declassify parts of an internal report questioning the legality and effectiveness of its torture program at secret prisons overseas. On Thursday, former CIA and National Security Agency director General Michael Hayden said the report will show the torture program failed to uncover any imminent attacks on the United States. The report’s release was ordered in response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. It’s expected to bolster calls for Attorney General Eric Holder to probe CIA officers and contractors who carried out torture. Also Thursday, former CIA director Porter Goss said, “In September, you are going to have a hurricane coming through Washington that is aimed right at the intelligence community.”

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