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Senate Democrats Clash with White House on C.I.A. Torture Report

• ChuckMcM 12y ago
  "The C.I.A., supported by the White House, has argued that even without using the real names of the officers, their identities could still be revealed." "You know, its just meta-data, why are you so upset about your civil liberties?" On the one hand I feel badly for the CIA folks, their bosses said "Go do this thing" and they did. And with this report and a bit of compare the location or other meta data decloaking processes, folks might be able to identify exactly who was doing the deeds. Which would get them in trouble, while their leadership remains cloaked in secrecy. But on the other hand I really wish the intelligence community would stop attempting to sell the public on the notion that meta-data can't be misused and thus is subject to less rigorous restrictions with respect to the rights of the people. They know that isn't true, their actions show they know it isn't true, so lets just come out and own up to the fact that it isn't true.