Kerry urges caution over timing of releasing U.S. torture report

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Kerry urges caution over timing of releasing U.S. torture report

WASHINGTON Fri Dec 5, 2014 6:44pm EST

(Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday privately expressed concern about the timing of the release of a long-awaited Congressional report criticizing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation methods days before it was expected to be released.

Kerry's spokeswoman said he called Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, to urge her to take foreign policy considerations into account when choosing when to publish.

Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement that Kerry repeated his support for the release of the findings and "made clear that the timing is of course her choice."

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A source familiar with the phone call said Kerry did not explicitly ask Feinstein to postpone the report's release.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/us-usa-intelligence-torture-idUSKCN0JJ2BZ20141205

[arcane1]

1. "made clear that the timing is of course her choice."

Sounds like we have some calls and emails to make!

[blm]

2. Gee - what could POSSIBLY be going on in the region that requires sensitivity?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/05/iran-conducts-air-strikes-against-isis-exremists-iraq

Gee - ya think Kerry might be doing the job that always NEEDED to be done at long last - you know - like getting the Muslim nations to cooperate to confront their OWN extremists…at long last?

Here's a great idea - let's pull the rug out from under him.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Nothing to worry about.

I watched speeches in which President Obama assured us that the US doesn't torture, so there can't be anything bad in that report, no?

[blm]

4. The report is about the torture that WAS done. Obama said it WAS done.

Timelines shouldn't be confusing.

[jakeXT]

5. He used the words we and folks