Feinstein's Secret Torture Probe May Nix Public Hearings [View All]

Feinstein's Secret Torture Probe May Nix Public Hearings
by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse

Mon May 04, 2009 at 08:00:52 PM PDT

Sen. Feinstein’s ongoing, secret torture probe is ostensibly only a 1-year "review" or "study." In reality, these proceedings are a functional equivalent of proposed public Congressional inquiries. The Feinstein probe covers the same substantive issues that would be investigated by Congressional probes that are still languishing in the debate stage. The Feinstein probe will review classified CIA documents and "interview" witnesses so that it can formulate US torture policy. CIA witnesses will be key to both the Feinstein probe and any Congressional hearings. Given the number of pressing issues and crises facing the US, will Congress be motivated to conduct a public investigation after Feinstein’s probe is completed? If not, then the Feinstein probe will be the only torture investigation but it will formulate US torture policy in secret and its report may never be released to the public. Moreover, if any Congressional probe provides immunity to witnesses, this can nix or alter the investigative scope and putative targets of subsequent special prosecutions. In short, some in DC have may have decided to implement the move-forward policy whether you like it or not.

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http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=309152
more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/4/724825/-Feinsteins-Secret-Torture-Probe-May-Nix-Public-Hearings