Spies Slam Senate Report 

Yesterday's release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's so-called "torture report" certainly dominated the headlines. But one silver lining may be that former officials are now free to defend the controversial interrogation program. There has been surprising pushback to the report by former CIA officials, media commentators and even some Democrats. For example:
 

Obama Frees Gitmo Thugs 

Once again President Obama continued with his ill-conceived plan to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by transferring the thugs housed there to third party nations. In spite of evidence showing that a significant percentage of previously released prisoners have returned to the battlefield, the administration on Saturday sent six detainees, all with connections to Al Qaeda, to Uruguay. 

"Unprecedented" & "Indefensible" 

You know something is wrong when a liberal president is at odds with the liberal Washington Post. White House aides were undoubtedly reaching for the Maalox when they read today's lead editorial criticizing President Obama's executive amnesty on immigration as "unprecedented." 

But the Post's editorial board didn't stop there. It condemned the White House's deceptive sales pitch as "indefensible." Consider these excerpts: 
 

Hands Up, Truth Down 

It's now clear that the left has another symbol. In demonstrations across the country, protestors have engaged in the now ubiquitous gesture of putting their hands up. 

This comes from the original "eyewitness accounts" of how Michael Brown was supposedly "executed" by Officer Darren Wilson as Brown was on his knees with his hands up.