Sen. Mark Udall should release secret CIA torture report

Colorado’s Sen. Mark Udall (D), member of the Senate intelligence committee and now a lame duck, is in a unique position to do something critically important. He can read into the Congressional record the Senate’s still-classified 6,000-page CIA torture report. He can do so while still in office and be protected from prosecution by the Constitution’s Speech and Debate clause, … Continue reading Sen. Mark Udall should release secret CIA torture report

She said, she said

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is under fire, justifiably, for her many iterations of what she knew about the waterboarding of terrorism suspects and when she knew it. She has flailed about with a number of protestations and explanations, each sounding more confused than the one before and none agreeing with the CIA’s version. … Continue reading She said, she said