A strongly divisive U.S. government report leads off our show this Wednesday.It involves controversial interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.The report was released yesterday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.Its job is to oversee and monitor the intelligence activities of the U.S. government.In order to get information from terrorism suspects, the report says the CIA would deprive them of sleep, sometimes for days, sometimes in uncomfortable positions.It says some suspects were beaten, and some were water-boarded, when water is poured onto someone's face and head to instill a fear of drowning.Critics including President Obama called these methods torture and say they are ineffective in getting information.Defenders including the CIA called the methods effective and say they helped prevent terrorist attacks.Yesterday, U.S. security officials warned law enforcement that the report could influence extremists and terrorists to attack the U.S.Thousands of U.S. military personnel on heightened alert,anticipating the release of a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on top secret interrogation tactics and torture of CIA detainees.Our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths.The Marines are positioned in key areas, ready to respond to potential violent reactions directed at U.S. embassies and military bases around the globe.
