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Graham Cites Debunked Report To Argue For Torture

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It looks like Lindsey Graham just cited John Kiriakou’s interview with ABC News, in which the former CIA interrogator claimed that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques broke Abu Zubaydah within minutes.

Did Graham miss the fact that ABC News’s report has been authoritatively debunked — and that ABC News has acknowledged as much?

Looks like he did — or doesn’t care.

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