Obama admits CIA "tortured some folks" but stands by Brennan over spying
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 18:38
Obama admits CIA "tortured some folks" but stands by Brennan over spying
President Barack Obama on Friday starkly criticised the CIA's past treatment of terror suspects, saying he could understand why the agency rushed to use controversial interrogation techniques in the aftermath of 9/11 but conceding: "we tortured some folks".