A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union forced the Obama Administration to release a CIA Inspector General's report kept secret since 2004. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a special prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogators who used abusive techniques described in the document. President Obama established a new, Interagency Interrogation Group led by the FBI.
Prisoner Abuse and National Security
Credits
Guests:
- R. Jeffrey Smith - National Investigative Correspondent, Washington Post
- Jane Mayer - New Yorker - @JaneMayerNYer
- Tim Weiner - author of “Enemies: A History of the FBI” - @TimWeinerAuthor
- Amy Zegart - Associate Professor of Public Policy, UCLA