Damage Control

By Chris Rossini

So who's stepping up to defend the CIA Torture Report?

Yesterday, we saw W give a pre-emptive defense.

There was also the addition of fear:

Calls/emails blistering @SenFeinstein for proposed release of report. If Americans die as a result of this stunt, responsibility 4 it clear
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) December 9, 2014

Today, we have Tea Party darling Senator Marco Rubio:

Those who served us in aftermath of 9/11 deserve our thanks not one sided partisan Senate report that now places American lives in danger.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 9, 2014

There's the usual boilerplate tripe:

The only way we can put this episode in the past is to come to terms with what happened and commit to ensuring it will never happen again.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 9, 2014

Senator Reid's message is tailored to government believers who are easily distra....(oh look Miley Cyrus is wearing disco ball pasties!)

Then a former CIA head saying they weren't trying to torture (??):

Former CIA head McLaughlin to @mitchellreports: "I hesitate to use the word 'torture.' We were trying not to torture people."
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) December 9, 2014

Finally, a plea for you to remember how good you have it in the "land of the free":

Authoritarian states like China and Russia, which crush/silence opposition, would never deign to release such a report that U.S. has today
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 9, 2014

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Chris Rossini is author of Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve. Follow @chrisrossini on Twitter.