#ReadTheReport

Every Dishhead with a Twitter account should RT this tweet from Senator Feinstein:




The study needs to be read. Available online. http://t.co/2JYuT0chaC #ReadTheReport #NeverAgain


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Wow, @SenFeinstein, smacking down Brennan & CIA dissembling in wake of torture report, has tweetstorm and best hashtag ever: #ReadTheReport.


— Peter Maass (@maassp) December 11, 2014





Absolutely powerful to watch @SenFeinstein live-Tweet the CIA's response to the Torture Report and tell them to #ReadTheReport.


— Erica Anderson (@EricaAmerica) December 11, 2014





Not sure this has happened before: a politico live-tweeting a rebuttal to an intelligence agency
@SenFeinstein
#ReadTheReport
#CIATorture


— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) December 11, 2014



Let’s spread #ReadTheReport far and wide (and blow #IHateCartmanBrah out of the water). Read all of DiFi’s tweets thus far, in chronological order, below:





Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA detention/interrogation is available online. #ReadTheReport Executive summary: http://t.co/2JYuT0chaC


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Tuesday: “I am releasing this report because I know there are thousands of employees at the CIA who do not condone” torture. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





CIA says "unknowable" if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Executive summary backed up by 6,700-page classified report, 38,000 footnotes. Every fact based on CIA record, cables, etc. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, DOD, NGA, State Dept, DHS and many other agencies help keep us safe. Torture does not. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Coercive interrogation techniques don’t work. Traditional intelligence collection, interrogation and law enforcement do. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Covert authority did not include authorization to use coercive interrogation techniques. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





CIA spent $40 million, a process that made the study last longer than five years. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





The report has had bipartisan support from the start. 14-1 vote initiated, 9-6 approved (w/ Senator Snowe)


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Full Senate Intel Committee not briefed until four years after program began, hours before it was made public. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Brennan: "unknowable" if we could have gotten the intel other ways. Study shows it IS knowable: CIA had info before torture. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Former CIA General Counsel Preston says CIA provided inaccurate information. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





“Useful information” was not the legal policy standard for EITs. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





CIA helps keep our nation safe, strong. Torture does not. We must learn from our mistakes. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





No evidence that terror attacks were stopped, terrorists captured or lives saved through use of EITs. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Internal CIA "Panetta Review" agreed with study’s conclusions. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Numerous abuses never brought to the attention of DOJ or CIA IG. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





EIT authority based on vital, otherwise unavailable intel. Not “useful information.” #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Study definitively proves EITs did not lead to bin Laden. Page 378. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Critical intelligence that led to bin Laden was unrelated to EITs. #ReadTheReport #TortureReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Future president could reverse executive order, reinstate EIT program. Legislation is needed. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Director Brennan is correct. I fully support current counterterrorism efforts.


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





100+ interview reports, oral and written testimony, CIA’s response and numerous CIA meetings all contributed to study. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





Why was there a waterboard and buckets at COBALT facility? Page 51 #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





500-page exec summary is small part of 6,700-page report. No cherry picking. Everything is documented by 38,000 footnotes. #ReadTheReport


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014





The study needs to be read. Available online. http://t.co/2JYuT0chaC #ReadTheReport #NeverAgain


— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) December 11, 2014



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