Ex-CIA officials denied access to torture report
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
ASPEN, Colo. — About a dozen former CIA officials named in a classified Senate report on decade-old agency interrogation practices were notified in recent days that they would be able to review parts of the document in a secure room in suburban Washington after signing a secrecy agreement.
Then, on Friday, many were told they would not be able to see it, after all.
Some of them were furious, while Democratic Senate aides were angry that they were given the chance in the first place.
It’s the latest chapter in the drama and recriminations that have been playing out behind the scenes in connection with what some call the Senate torture report, a summary of which is being declassified and is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
“I am outraged,” said John Rizzo, one of the former officials who was offered, and then refused, a chance to see the summary report before publication.
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