It took five years to reach the damning conclusion that the Central Intelligence Agency employed torture more often than we thought, used tactics more brutal than we thought, and hid those facts from elected officials. Secretary of State John Kerry was reluctant to release the report before being fully prepared for backlash, and it’s no wonder.
Shortly before the report was released, the Department of Defense put U.S. military facilities on heightened alert, fearing recriminations. WGBH News analyst and GroundTruth Project founder Charlie Sennott reacted to the report, which you can read in full on our website.
