{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://franken.senate.gov/?p=news&id=2999", "Star Tribune: In wake of report, Sen. Franken calls torture immoral and ineffective", "2014-12-11", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Al Franken", "F000457", "franken.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Senate Intelligence Committee recently released a wide-ranging report detailing the CIA's interrogation program following the 9/11 attacks. The report included details of the brutal techniques used by interrogators and revealed that the CIA misled Congress, the White House, and the American the public about the program.\nThe Star Tribune reports:\n \nIn a statement, Franken calls the report \"a sobering reminder that torture is immoral, and it's not who we are.\"\nBut the Minnesota Democrat says not only is torture wrong, it's also ineffective. He says the report shows the CIA's tactics were not effective in producing the kind of accurate intelligence needed for national security.\nFranken concludes that the CIA \"has not been honest with Congress or the public.\"\n \nTo read the full story from the Star Tribune, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://franken.senate.gov/?p=news&id=2999"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.053251024335623, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}