Democracy Now!
August 26, 2009
Glenn Greenwald on CIA Interrogation Probe, Obama and Why the Media Failed on Covering Torture
Attorney General Eric Holder has opened an inquiry into CIA torture. On Monday, Holder appointed veteran federal prosecutor John Durham to look into whether CIA interrogators and contractors should be charged for the torture and abuse of foreign prisoners. Holder says he ordered the probe in response to a Justice Department recommendation to reopen nearly a dozen prisoner abuse cases that the Bush administration had closed. Holder says he was further influenced by the 2004 CIA report on the prisoners’ torture and abuse, which he released on Monday. We speak with political and legal blogger for Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald. [includes rush transcript–partial]
video and transcript: Glenn Greenwald on CIA Interrogation Probe, Obama and Why the Media Failed on Covering Torture
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