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Feinstein Explains Why CIA Was Not Interviewed for Torture Report

By JM Rieger and Niels Lesniewski and Steven T. Dennis

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Senate Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein faced criticism Tuesday from CIA Director John O. Brennan for not interviewing CIA officers before the release of the committee’s CIA torture report, which Brennan said “would have provided members with valuable context.” Feinstein pushed back on this assertion during an hour-long floor speech, saying she was “confident” in the accuracy of the committee report while citing a 2009 Justice Department review of the interrogation techniques used during the George W. Bush administration, which Feinstein said deterred CIA employees from speaking with the committee.

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