Senate Torture Report: the Senate Speaks
Our friend Daniel Schuman from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) (nee Sunlight) has put together a helpful ebook “Senate Torture Report: The Senate Speaks” (archived copy as ePub, PDF, full text, etc.). The ebook pulls together the speeches on the floor of the Senate of several senators, including the Intelligence Committee Chair […]
The Official Senate CIA Torture Report
Update GPO has released an official version of the “THE SENATE CIA REPORT” as Senate Report 113-228. The digital version is available on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-113srpt288/pdf/CRPT-113srpt288.pdf The print version is available for purchase at GPO’s retail and online bookstore for $29. http://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01571-0 This is a single-volume, 712 page version. It contains: Letter […]
State Agency Databases Project Activity Report 12/14/2014
With the quarterly link check underway, we’ve seen significant changes to the following pages at the State Agency Databases Project athttp://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases over the past two weeks. (links are to revisions page, click on “page” tab to see regular page): California – Joel Rane Kansas – Pam Crawford Maryland – Siu Min Yu Minnesota – Paul J McDonough Missouri – […]
Four-part series by Washington Examiner examining the state of inspectors general
Thanks to Sabrina Pacifici at BeSpacific for posting about this Four-part series by the Washington Examiner examining and illuminating the work and current state of inspectors general. Inspectors General are little-known independent agencies of the United States federal government and are charged with identifying, auditing, and investigating fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement within the parent […]
Senate *finally* releases study on CIA aka the “torture report”
Yesterday the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its “Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program – Foreword, Findings, and Conclusions, and Executive Summary.” (BIG PDF!) The report is 525 pages, heavily redacted, and includes graphic details about the torture techniques used by the CIA. The study found that American torture was not […]