'CIA interrogation report release could cause global unrest'

The release of a Senate committee report on CIA interrogation techniques can impact the security of US assets and personnel globally, the White House today said, as the Pentagon asked its commanders to take measures to prevent any untoward incident.
The report is likely to be released tomorrow by Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said US President Barack Obama believes that the use of those interrogation tactics were unwarranted.
"It did not enhance national security interest of the United States of America," he said.
Meanwhile, security of American assets and personnel around the globe has been beefed up.

"Release of the report could cause unrest. So the combatant commands have been asked to take appropriate measures," Col Steve Warren, Pentagon spokesperson, told reporters during an off-camera news briefing.

Warren said guidelines in this regard were issued on Friday.
The White House said that the Obama administration has been focused on this for the past several months.
"The administration has been, for months, preparing for the release of this report. There (are) some indications that the release of the report could lead to a greater risk that is posed to US facilities and individuals all around the world," Earnest said.

"So, the administration has taken the prudent steps to ensure that the proper security precautions are in place at US facilities around the globe," he said.
Earnest said: "The President, on his first or second day in office, took the steps using executive action to put an end to the tactics that are described in the report."
He said Obama believes it is important to release the report, so that people understand exactly what transpired.
"There are obviously gonna be some limits about what can be said, given the classified nature of the programme. But because of the scrupulous work of the committee and the administration and the intelligence community in particular, we have declassified as much of that report as we can," he added.

The full, 6,800-page report on interrogations under President George W Bush is expected to remain classified.
However, a 500-page redacted summary is expected to be released soon by Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
It is expected to contain new information about techniques used by CIA when interrogating terror susects in the years after the 9/11 attacks.