to a later time. this clearly is a period of turmoil and instability in many parts of the world. unfortunately, that's going to continue for the foreseeable future whether this report is released or not. there are those who will seize upon the report and say see what the americans did? and they will try to use it to justify evil actions or incite more violence. we can't prevent that, but history will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. there may never be the right time to release this report. the instability we see today will not be resolved in months or years, but this report is too important to shelve

they were not. internally, c.i.a. officers often called into question the effectiveness of the c.i.a.'s interrogation techniques, noting how the techniques failed to elicit detainee cooperation or produce accurate information. the report includes numerous examples of c.i.a. officers questioning the agency's claims, but these contradictions were marginalized and not presented externally.

ticking time bomb scenario. the use of coercive technique methods regularly resulted in fabricated information. sometimes the c.i.a. actually knew detainees were lying. other times the c.i.a. acted on false information, diverting resources and leading officers or contractors to falsely believe they were acquiring unique or actionable intelligence and that its interrogations were working when they were not.

and interrogation program. over the past five years, a small team of committee investigators pored over the more than 6.3 million pages of c.i.a. records the leader spoke about to complete this report or what we call the study. it shows that the c.i.a.'s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history. the release of this 500-page summary cannot remove that stain, but it can and does say to our people and the world that america is big enough to admit when it's wrong and confident enough to learn from its mistakes. releasing this report is an important step to restore our values and show the world that we are, in fact, a just and lawful society. over the next hour i'd like to

and the implications of this report are profound. not only is torture wrong but it doesn't work. and for people, we hear them coming from different places, saying it was great, it was terrific what we did, it got us so much. it got us nothing except a bad name. without this report, the american people would not know what actually took place under the c.i.a.'s torture program. this critical report highlights the importance of senate oversight and the role that congress must play in overseeing the executive branch of government. the only way our country can put this episode in the past is to come to terms with what happened and commit to ensuring it will never happen again. this is how we as americans make our nation stronger. when we realize there is a problem, we seek the evidence. we study it, we learn from it, and then we set about to enact