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Feinstein on Senate CIA Torture Report: ‘Never Again’

By JM Rieger and Niels Lesniewski and Steven T. Dennis

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Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein unveiled the executive summary of her committee’s much-anticipated report on acts of torture used by the CIA Tuesday. “This document examines the CIA’s secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals and the use of coercive interrogation techniques — in some cases amounting to torture,” the California Democrat said in a statement announcing the release. Feinstein said on the Senate floor there might never be a good time to release the report, but it is important to do so. The release of the report, Feinstein said, must change how the CIA works and prevent any future use of torture. The release of the report, Feinstein said, must change how the CIA works and prevent any future use of torture. “Never again,” she said.

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