REPORT: OBAMA 'WAVERING' ON FULL DISCLOSURE OF BUSH ADMIN. TORTURE

Report: Obama may keep some CIA torture details secret

President Barack Obama is "wavering" on whether to fully release details of the Bush administration's approved torture techniques, according to a report in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal based on statements by "people familiar with the discussions.""Among the details in the still-classified memos is approval for a technique in which a prisoner's head could be struck against a wall as long as the head was being held and the force of the blow was controlled by the interrogator, according to people familiar with the memos," the paper reported."A decision to keep secret key parts of the three 2005 memos outlining legal guidance on CIA interrogations would anger some Obama supporters who have pushed him to unveil now-abandoned Bush-era tactics," continued Journalreporters Evan Perez and Siobhan Gorman. "It would also go against the views of Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Counsel Greg Craig, people familiar with the matter said."Top CIA officials have spoken out strongly against a full release, saying it would undermine the agency's credibility with foreign intelligence services and hurt the agency's work force, people involved in the discussions said. However, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair favors releasing the information, current and former senior administration officials said."In light of the startling revelations that came to light with the publication of a Red Cross report [PDF link] which documents in gruesome detail interrogation practices such as suffocation by water, beating by collar and prolonged nudity,Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that he would support a Department of Justice investigation into the reported torture LinkHere