WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers threatened Wednesday to circumvent the Obama administration by releasing the Senate Intelligence Committee's highly-anticipated report on the CIA's torture program, after reports emerged that Secretary of State John Kerry had made a last-minute attempt to delay the document's public release.
"This report must see the light of day before Congress adjourns this year," said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "And if the Executive Branch isn’t willing to cooperate the Senate should be willing to act unilaterally to ensure that happens.”
Bloomberg View's Josh Rogin reported Friday that Kerry made a phone call to Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Friday morning, asking her to "consider" the timing of her report’s release, and implying that its imminent public revelation could endanger overseas personnel and international partnerships at a time when U.S. foreign policy is fragile.
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