CIA torture report tops Sunday talk shows
WASHINGTON — A congressional report citing findings of torture by the CIA will be top news on the network Sunday talk shows featuring several former Bush administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the controversial report Tuesday about the CIA detention and interrogation of terrorist suspects after the 9/11 attacks.
Senate Democrats said some of the interrogations amounted to torture and didn't yield much useful intelligence. The report found that some interrogations were much more brutal than the CIA had disclosed and that officials had misled officials in George W. Bush's administration and members of Congress.
Some Republicans blasted the release of the report and argued the interrogations provide useful information.
Guests on the talk shows include several members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and some former CIA officials.
Here is the Sunday show lineup:
• CBS' Face the Nation: The interrogation report will be the show's focus, featuring interviews with Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Angus King, I-Maine, both members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Chambliss is vice chairman of the committee.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who serves on the Armed Services Committee, will also discuss the report.
• ABC's This Week: Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden will talk about findings of the Senate Intelligence committee's report. Guests also include Eric Fair, an Army veteran who was an interrogator in Iraq.
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and a CNN political commentator, Michael Smerconish, a CNN and SiriusXM host, and Laura Ingraham, a syndicated radio host and ABC News contributor, will discuss political news of the week.
• NBC's Meet the Press: Former Vice President Dick Cheney will be the featured guest to discuss the intelligence report as well as other topics, including the 2016 election and immigration reform. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, will also be a guest.
Panelists include David Axelrod, director of University of Chicago's Institute of Politics, Dan Senor, co-founder of Foreign Policy Initiative, Helene Cooper, a Pentagon correspondent at the New York Times, and Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News.
• Fox News Sunday: The intelligence report will also be the focus of the show and feature an interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I, a former member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Karl Rove, a former White House advisor to President George W. Bush.
Jose Rodriguez, former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, will also be a guest.
• CNN's State of the Union: An interview with former President George W. Bush about the intelligence committee report and other issues, including his book, will headline the show. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, will also talk about the report. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, talks about the elections and racial concerns.