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Senate GOP Slams CIA Torture Report

By JM Rieger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

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Senate Republican leadership slammed a report released Tuesday detailing torture techniques used by the CIA during the George W. Bush administration, saying the program saved American lives and the report would endanger Americans abroad.

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