What do you think? Leave a respectful comment.

PBS NewsHour Logo: Home

By —

News Desk News Desk

Read the full Senate report on CIA interrogation and the minority report in response

Nation Dec 11, 2014 4:47 PM EDT

Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Read full PBS NewsHour coverage of the report here.

Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Interrogation

Senate Intelligence Committee Minority Report by Doug Mataconis

By —

News Desk News Desk

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox. Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Thursday, May 24

Additional Support Provided By:

Read May 24 Morgan Freeman apologizes amid accusations of sexual harassment
Watch May 23 Russia ‘turned’ election for Trump, Clapper believes
Watch May 24 What does North Korea need to do to restart U.S. talks?
Watch May 24 Sterling Brown arrest refuels debate on excessive force used against black Americans
Read May 22 Democrats propose funding teacher pay raises by canceling tax cuts for the wealthy

Nation May 24

Ken Burns on heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and the legacy of racism

By Murrey Jacobson

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Morgan Freeman poses at the premiere for "Just Getting Started" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

Nation May 24

Morgan Freeman apologizes amid accusations of sexual harassment

By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press

Copies of the President Trump's FY 2019 budget proposal are delivered to the House Budget Committee offices on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics May 24

Trump budget won’t curb deficits as promised, according to new analysis

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump (R) deliver a joint statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTS19AN0

World May 24

South Korean president ‘very perplexed’ over canceled U.S.-North Korea summit

By Associated Press

Science May 24

Blue flames, toxic gas clouds. How does Kilauea’s latest eruption compare to its past disasters?

By Nsikan Akpan

President Donald Trump speaks about his decision to pull the plug on the North Korea summit at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

World May 24

Did Trump’s decision to cancel U.S.-North Korea summit kill chances of talks for good?

By Larisa Epatko

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks to the media during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis.

Politics May 24

Senate approves bill that would change how sexual harassment is handled in Congress

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

Film producer Harvey Weinstein attends the 2016 amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, New York February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - GF10000304157

Nation May 24

Harvey Weinstein expected to surrender in sexual misconduct probe, officials say

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," speaks during the second annual 2010 Buttonwood Gathering sponsored by The Economist magazine in New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. This year's Buttonwood Gathering brings together leading policymakers, banking executives and regulators to discuss restoring trust in the financial system and evaluate our place on the road to recovery. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Making Sen$e May 24

Beware ‘faux experts’ who don’t pay for their actions, Nassim Taleb says

By Paul Solman

Science May 24

Smart guns exist. Why aren’t they on the market?

By Teresa Carey

Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte looks on during a May meet and greet in Great Falls, Montana. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Nation May 24

Montana Democratic Party asks for ethics investigation into congressman’s 2017 attack on reporter

By Matt Volz, Associated Press

Politics May 24

AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump and his former national intelligence director

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Publicity still of American boxer Jack Johnson in the boxing documentary 'Jack Johnson' (Big Fights/Continental Pictures), 1970. (Photo by John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images)

Politics May 24

Donald Trump pardons heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson for 1913 conviction

By Associated Press

Retired Navy Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (Sea, Air, and Land) Britt Slabinski and U.S. President Donald Trump attend the awards ceremony of the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Politics May 24

WATCH: Trump awards Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL who oversaw Afghan rescue mission

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks before the signing ceremony for S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Politics May 24

Donald Trump signs law that loosens bank restraints enacted after Great Recession

By Associated Press

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

Politics May 24

WATCH: Mike Pompeo says North Korea hasn’t responded to U.S. on summit outreach

By Associated Press

Nation May 24

Self-driving Uber SUV that killed a woman had emergency brake disabled, report says

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) in Washignton, DC, U.S. May 17, 2018 and in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018 respectively. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque and Korea Summit Press Pool/File Photos

World May 24

WATCH: President Trump cancels North Korea summit

By Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

World May 24

Russia behind crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, investigators say

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test facility is shown in this DigitalGlobe satellite image in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, May 23, 2018. Satellite image © 2018 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company/Handout via REUTERS

World May 24

North Korea destroys its nuclear test site

By Associated Press