"It is the direct result of a cynical decision that was made five years ago by the newly inaugurated President Obama and his political advisers to paper over the C.I.A.’s adventures in torture, illegal detention and rendition (the kidnapping of foreign citizens who were shipped off to other countries to be tortured and abused without worrying too much about international law or whether they had actually committed any crimes).
The White House decided at the time that it would neither lead nor order any formal investigation into those practices, even though Mr. Obama had railed against them as a candidate in the 2008 election. The new president explained that he would rather “look forward,” by which he meant to his own political agenda, than provide a full public accounting of his predecessor’s lawless behavior."
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