When her boyfriend Phil James committed suicide by standing in front
of a train, Becky became despondent and unable to cope with the loss.
Becky claimed that the two were soul mates.
Becky left a loving note to James on his Facebook page before taking her own life.
On Phil’s Facebook page she wrote, “The best memories with the best person I’ve ever met. I love you so much.”
Becky’s family was heartbroken over the fact
that their daughter took her life at such a young age. And Phil leaves
behind a distraught family as well.
The couple had taken a vacation to Portugal.
Mayor of Stone, Cathy Collier stated that the death of these two
young citizens was a “waste of life,” adding ““I think it’s just so sad
that someone has to resort to that sort of thing. To take your own life
is a terrible thing.”
Tait would not talk about the death and stayed in her own little bubble to protect herself from the pain.
It seems the pain was too great for Becky to
go on and just two months after James’ death she took her own life in
the same way that he had; by standing in front of a train.
ternet
has affected virtually every aspect of human lives. But the increasing
way at which teenagers immerse themselves in this trend has brought up
new challenges, especially for parents who will have to keep up with the
constantly changing internet/mobile technology and its lingua –
Parenting has never been this difficult.
Imagine this scenario, your daughter is sitting beside you on the coach and she’s sex texting without you having a inkling of what she’s doing – even when you can view her SMS. Would you be able to interpret this message if she writes, I’ll GNOC as soon as 99. (see our list for its meaning)
Therefore, parents need to get acquainted with the language used by their children to be able to succeed at parenting, particularly, in our climes where good family names are held in high esteem.
Here, we present to you a list by CNN’s correspondent, Kelly Wallace, who compiled popular acronyms widely used by teens on Internet,social media and texting apps.
Read the list, it will redefine how you monitor your teen’s conversations with his/her peers.
Imagine this scenario, your daughter is sitting beside you on the coach and she’s sex texting without you having a inkling of what she’s doing – even when you can view her SMS. Would you be able to interpret this message if she writes, I’ll GNOC as soon as 99. (see our list for its meaning)
Therefore, parents need to get acquainted with the language used by their children to be able to succeed at parenting, particularly, in our climes where good family names are held in high esteem.
Here, we present to you a list by CNN’s correspondent, Kelly Wallace, who compiled popular acronyms widely used by teens on Internet,social media and texting apps.
Read the list, it will redefine how you monitor your teen’s conversations with his/her peers.
- IWSN- I want sex now
- GNOC- Get naked on camera
- NIFOC- Naked in front of computer
- PIR- Parent in room
- 53X- Sex
- 9- Parent watching
- 99 -Parent gone
- 1174′- Party meeting place
- THOT- That hoe over there
- CID- Acid (the drug)
- Broken- Hungover from alcohol
- 420- Marijuana
- POS- Parent over shoulder
- SUGARPIC- Suggestive or erotic photo
- KOTL- Kiss on the lips
- (L)MIRL- Let’s meet in real life
- PRON- Porn
- TDTM- Talk dirty to me
- 8 -Oral sex
- CD9 -Parents around/Code 9
- IPN- I’m posting naked
- LH6- Let’s have sex
- WTTP- Want to trade pictures?
- DOC- Drug of choice
- TWD- Texting while driving
- GYPO- Get your pants off
- KPC- Keeping parents clueless
American
embassies were on heightened alert Tuesday amid fears of a backlash to a
long-delayed US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation of
Al-Qaeda suspects after the 2001 attacks.
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
- Declassified -
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
American
embassies were on heightened alert Tuesday amid fears of a backlash to a
long-delayed US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation of
Al-Qaeda suspects after the 2001 attacks.
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
- Declassified -
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
American
embassies were on heightened alert Tuesday amid fears of a backlash to a
long-delayed US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation of
Al-Qaeda suspects after the 2001 attacks.
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
- Declassified -
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
American
embassies were on heightened alert Tuesday amid fears of a backlash to a
long-delayed US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation of
Al-Qaeda suspects after the 2001 attacks.
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
- Declassified -
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
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American
embassies were on heightened alert Tuesday amid fears of a backlash to a
long-delayed US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation of
Al-Qaeda suspects after the 2001 attacks.
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
White House officials confirmed Monday they expect the report to be published, even though US Secretary of State John Kerry warned late last week about the impact it could have around the world.
While heavily redacted, the report is expected to be a damning indictment of a secret program under the administration of former president George W. Bush to question dozens of terror detainees.
Since coming to office in 2009, President Barack Obama has sought to distance the United States from past deeds and outlawed harsh interrogation techniques which he has denounced as “torture.”
“We have heard from the committee that they do intend to release the report tomorrow,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
“Prudent steps” had been taken to boost security at US facilities and diplomatic missions abroad in case the report triggers a wave of fury, he added.
The report is understood to cover the treatment of around 100 terror suspects rounded up by US operatives between 2001 and 2009, after the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda which destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and damaged the Pentagon.
The suspects were subjected to waterboarding, stress positions and other harsh methods, in a series of interrogations either at CIA-run secret prisons or the Guantanamo Bay US military base in Cuba.
US media said the report is also expected to reveal that the CIA misled the White House about the details and success of the program.
“We tortured some folks,” Obama said in August, talking about the contents of the report.
The CIA’s defenders insist the methods saved American lives by helping to uncover Al-Qaeda’s network, while critics say they ran contrary to US values and hardened anti-American attitudes.
The 6,200-page report has been prepared by the US Senate intelligence committee. Its chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sparred for months with the administration over proposed redactions.
- Declassified -
In April, the Senate committee voted overwhelmingly to release a reportedly severely critical 500-page executive summary and 20 conclusions of the secret document.
But first the lawmakers had to negotiate with the White House on redactions — something Feinstein, who called the report’s findings “shocking,” pledged to do.
The undertaking caused deep friction between the intelligence community and the lawmakers and Senate staffers.
“We’ve declassified as much of that report as we can,” said Earnest.
“The president believes that on principle it’s important to release that report so that people around the world and people here at home understand exactly what transpired,” he added.
Feinstein told reporters Monday she wants Americans reading the report to see that “when we make mistakes we admit them… and we move on.”
The State Department has put its missions around the world on watch, and asked them to review security arrangements ahead of the report’s release.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said she supported the release of the report.
“It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture. But my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” she told CBS.
“This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she argued. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.”
But Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Mike Rogers said Sunday: “I think this is a terrible idea.”
“Our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths.”
And former Bush vice president Dick Cheney staunchly defended the interrogation program, telling the New York Times it was “absolutely, totally justified.”
He denied the CIA withheld any information, and emphasized the program had been vetted by the Justice Department.
“As far as I’m concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized,” he said of the CIA interrogators.
“When we had that program in place, we kept the country safe from any more mass casualty attacks, which was our objective,” he said.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed Kerry had spoken with Feinstein last week to highlight ongoing efforts against the Islamic State group as well as the safety of American hostages around the world.
Another State Department official, who asked not to be named, said “you could infer that he talked about delaying the release.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/fears-backlash-us-release-cia-torture-report/#sthash.jXxRAJKc.dpuf
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