A pending U.S. Senate report examines the alleged use of torture by the CIA.• Quotes: "While I haven’t seen the report, media accounts suggest that it will give more grist to those already hostile to U.S. interests. A lot of people will ignore the fact that America’s interrogation policies have long since changed because doing so will fit the narrative that they want to believe about the U.S. today. And they won’t pay any attention to those who are saying, as some already are, that the report is deeply flawed," says Duke University law professor Charlie Dunlap Jr., a retired Air Force major general and an expert on warfare policy and strategy."Overall, I doubt it will change many minds, one way or another, as this issue is completely and intractably polarized." “Although there may be some demonstrations and even some violence, I don’t think that it will particularly directly endanger Americans or American allies because those who represent a danger are already doing everything they can to inflict harm. After all, ISIS is beheading innocent Americans and others -- they hardly need more motivation for barbarism. But the risk is really to the ability of U.S. intelligence agencies to get the cooperation it needs from other countries, not to mention the debilitating effect on morale of CIA and other intelligence professionals."• Bio: Charlie Dunlap Jr. is a professor of the practice at Duke Law School and executive director of Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security who specializes in warfare policy and strategy, as well as international law related to conflict. He is a former deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Air Force, and retired from the military in 2010 as a major general.http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/dunlap• Archive video interview (different subject): http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/13737677/• For additional comment, contact Dunlap at:dunlap@law.duke.edu
