Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and long-time-until-recently National Security Agency apologist, claims to be shocked by an internal CIA report that documents the agency's grisly record of torture after 9/11.
"The report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation," Feinstein said April 3. "It chronicles a stain on our history that must never again be allowed to happen."
Among the "stunning revelations" that have leaked out of the still-classified 6,600-page CIA torture report are stories that longtime followers of my writing have long been aware of, having read about them in my column during the Bush years. Guantanamo isn't just a concentration camp; it's also a CIA "black site"/torture dungeon, as was a joint U.S.-U.K. "extraordinary rendition" depot on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. The CIA outsourced torture to Third World sh—holes/U.S. allies, knowing/expecting/hoping that they would be murdered.