Udall, by failing to put the entire classified Torture Report in the Congressional Record, remains a faithful servant of the Machinery of Unaccountability. His inactions belie his words. The Colorado senator, who lost his re-election bid last month, has been a leading advocate for declassifying the entire torture report instead of just the 524-page executive summary that was released Tuesday. He has also been aggressive in his pushback of CIA officials who have sought to discredit the report and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of which he is a member. In his 48-minute speech, Udall said, Director Brennan and the CIA are continuing to willfully provide inaccurate information and misrepresent the efficacy of torture ... in other words, the CIA is lying. He noted that there has been no accountability for the CIAs actions or for Director Brennans failure of leadership. Udall also took aim at President Obama, saying, Despite the facts presented, the president has expressed full confidence in Director Brennan and demonstrated that trust by making no effort at all to rein it in. He also called on the president to purge the CIA of everyone linked to the torture program. Torture just didnt happen after all, Udall said. Real, actual people engaged in torture. Some of these people are still employed by the CIA: m.dailykos/story/2014/12/10/1350766/-Udall-says-CIA-still-lying-and-calls-for-purge-of-those-linked-to-torture-including-Brennan?detail=facebook
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