U.S. Faith Leaders Condemn CIA Torture Program, Ask Congress to Act

Washington, D.C. 12/9/14) Almost six years since the Senate began investigating the CIA’s treatment of detainees, two years after the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to adopt its torture report, and eight months after that committee held a bipartisan vote in favor of releasing its findings, the more than 500-page executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report was made public today. After the details of this report came to light, several prominent faith leaders from across the country, representing a spectrum of religious traditions…