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In the wake of the Senate’s so-called torture report, Oregon Democratic senator Ron Wyden refused to rule out criminal prosecutions for CIA interrogators accused of harsh tactics against detainees, calling on the Justice Department to investigate.
Wyden spoke Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press about the report, which alleges the CIA used illegal torture techniques to get information from terrorists and then lied to White House and congressional overseers about the program. Wyden is one of the lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which produced the report.
“Do you think there should be prosecutions?” host Chuck Todd asked.
“The Justice Department has been clear, with respect to that, that there aren’t going to be,” the senator replied. “I hope they’ll review the new facts.”
“You want them to change their mind,” Todd pressed.
“I want them to review the new facts,” Wyden repeated, adding he was “especially troubled by [CIA director] John Brennan, on Thursday, really open[ing] the door for the possibility of torture being used again.”
Wyden promised that he would introduce legislation next Congress to “make it clear that if torture is used in the future, there would be a basis to prosecute.”