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April 3, 2014, New York – In response to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s vote to declassify parts of a report that details and condemns the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:
“We are pleased that the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to
declassify portions of its report on the CIA torture program. The
White House – and not the CIA-- must oversee the declassification
process, and eventually must disclose the entire report. The White
House also must ensure that U.S. officials who authorized or carried out
the acts of torture described in the report are prosecuted and held
accountable for their crimes, and that the individuals who were subjected to these acts of brutality are provided redress. Transparency is not the same as justice.”
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