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CIA Torture Gimmicks Investigated

By: Margaret Talev and William Douglas

Source: Miami Herald

If growing political pressure doesn’t subside soon, President Barack Obama may have to do something he has resisted since taking office: support a new investigation into how the Bush-era CIA interrogated suspected terrorists with techniques that are widely considered torture.

Liberal activists on Thursday delivered 250,000 petitions to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding an independent prosecutor. Liberals in Congress are calling for a commission. And Obama himself all week refused to rule one out, saying that a bipartisan, independent panel would be the best option.

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