Demands grow to release Senate torture report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two centrist senators have joined the call to release a Senate torture report that has sharply divided lawmakers and the CIA.
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King say the report shows terror detainees were tortured.
Collins is a moderate Republican. King is an independent who caucuses with Democrats. They are both members of the Senate intelligence Committee, which will vote Thursday on whether to demand that a summary of its 6,200-page review be declassified.
In a joint statement, the senators say they'll vote for declassification even if they don't fully endorse all the findings. They say the review was limited because no CIA officials were interviewed and Republican committee staff wasn't involved. But they say it's important to allow Americans to make their own conclusions.
