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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/mccaskill-on-torture-report-gut-check-moment | McCaskill on torture report: 'Gut check moment' | 2014-12-08 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | McCaskill on torture report: 'Gut check moment' Monday, December 8, 2014 By: Lucy McCalmont Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she supports the upcoming public release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA interrogation practices, calling it a “gut check moment.” “It exposes what the world already knows and that is that the United States engaged in torture, but my feeling about this is that this is a gut check moment for our democracy,” the Democrat said on “CBS This Morning.” McCaskill said the release of the report is “essential” in holding the government and specifically the CIA accountable. “This report would never happen in North Korea, or China or Russia,” she added. “If it doesn’t come out, then we all need to get comfortable with the fact that in America, the CIA has no oversight.” Others, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, have warned that release of the report could lead to violence in countries around the globe. The report details the CIA’s treatment of detainees in a program set up by President George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks. The White House said last week that it “welcomed the news” that the long-delayed report will be made public this week, despite confirmation from the State Department that Secretary of State John Kerry called Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein to discuss his own concerns over the timing and possible fallout from the report’s release. Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |