Ethics

White House to Release Key Torture Report

By Ed Brayton

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration intends to make public a 2004 report from the CIA Inspector General on the use of torture on detainees.

Government officials familiar with the CIA's early interrogations say the most powerful evidence of apparent excesses is contained in the "top secret" May 7, 2004, inspector general report, based on more than 100 interviews, a review of the videotapes and 38,000 pages of documents. The full report remains closely held, although White House officials have told political allies that they intend to declassify it for public release when the debate quiets over last month's release of the Justice Department's interrogation memos.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 16, 2009 (boomark / email).