The latest report released by the Central Intelligence Agency regarding torture has caused a lot of stir in the American public and even inside party lines, but one Republican Senator and Vietnam veteran has spoken out against his party: for John McCain, the torture report was timely released.
The CIA torture report is all over the news lately, as outlets around the world have turned to technical terms to revise point by point to see what it is the agency has been trying to pull off with prisoners in places such as the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; but it seems John McCain's torture report stand is different from all the rest of the Republican party.
Having been a prisoner of war himself during Vietnam, all eyes were turned on John McCain's torture report stand, as the former presidential candidate for the Republican Party has been widely accepted as an authority on the subject.
According to The Atlantic, John McCain's torture report opinion was made public in a loud and clear manner. In a speech that went on for almost fifteen minutes, the Arizona GOP went on to state what the paper calls "arguably the most robust defense so far of the report's release," where he stood out among partisan lines to talk about his own experience as a PoW in the Vietnam War.
"It is a thorough and thoughtful study of practices," said McCain of the torture report, "that I believe not only failed their purpose-to secure actionable intelligence to prevent further attacks on the U.S. and our allies-but actually damaged our security interests, as well as our reputation as a force for good in the world."
All in all, McCain made his stance regarding the stopping of torture for detainees clear, according to Business Insider. The man who represents one of the most conservative lines inside the Republican Party was clear enough regarding the fact that these sorts of practices had to stop soon.
According to The Washington Times, John McCain's torture report stance has widely differed from that of his fellow party members for years, as he's consistently considered some of these forms of information-gathering torture, something the Bush administration always denied.
