Public report of CIA's post 9/11 torture methods set to be released

The CIA is bracing for impact after a torture report inquiry is set to go public.

16:23 09 December 2014

America’s Central Intelligence Agency (the CIA) is bracing for a public airing of its post 9/11 counter-terrorism inquiry, which could be released as early as this week.

The Senate Intelligence committee is set to release the landmark inquiry following Obama administration’s last-ditch effort to suppress the report. Said to be within the documents are details of the torture methods used by the US to bring in information.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest warned that US interests overseas may be at risk of potentially violent reactions of the report’s content.

The release of the torture report will represent the third major airing of potentially volatile CIA intelligence in 15 years.

On Sunday, George W Bush showed his support to the CIA calling its operatives as “patriots.”

“We’re fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the CIA serving on our behalf,” he told CNN. “These are patriots and whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base.”

Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said: “I think this is a terrible idea. Foreign leaders have approached the government and said, ‘You do this, this will cause violence and deaths.’ Our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths”.