Read This Now - More Torture Documents Coming Soon

Greg Sargent pulls this nugget from the depths of a WaPo piece on Dick Cheney's continued support of torture...

The White House has decided to declassify and release a classified 2004 CIA report about the torture program that is reported to have found no proof that torture foiled any terror plots on American soil — directly contradicting Cheney’s claims. The paper cites “allies” of the White House as a source.

Dem Congressional staffers tell me this report is the “holy grail,” because it is expected to detail torture in unprecedented detail and to cast doubt on the claim that torture works — and its release will almost certainly trigger howls of protest from conservatives. Tellingly, neither the CIA nor the White House knocked down the story in response to my questions, with spokespeople for both declining comment.

This certainly looks to be something to keep an eye on. Will calling Cheney's bluff finally shut him up? I kind of doubt it, but it should be fun to watch.