How <em>The Report </em>Turned a 6,700-Page Torture Investigation Into a Political Thriller
“In the War on Terror, we slipped,” said Daniel J. Jones, whose inquiry into the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program is the subject of a powerful new film.
by David Sims
Jan 29, 2019
4 minutes
, Utah—For more than six years, the former Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones led an investigation into the CIA’s detention and interrogation programs after 9/11, sifting through thousands of pages documenting torture, abuses of power, and the lack of accountability during the George W. Bush administration. But when Jones talks about his experience, he doesn’t come off as a cynic about the United States. “Over the years, you travel a lot, you talk to a lot of foreign governments, you talk to a lot of citizens,” he said Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, reflecting on a career that also included a stint as an international
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