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[On April 3, 2014 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence voted to send the Findings and conclusions and its EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of its final Study on the CIAs Detention and Interrogation program to the president for declassification and subsequent public release.] From the Minority View (Republican response to the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY): On August 24, 1009, Attorney general Eric Holder decided to re-open the criminal inquiry related to the interrogation of certain detainees in the CIA Detention and Interrogation program. Shortly thereafter, the minority withdrew from active participation in the Study when it determined that the Attorney generals decision would preclude a comprehensive review of the program since many of the relevant witnesses would likely decline to be interviewed by the Committee. Contrary to the Terms of Reference, the Study does not offer any recommendation for improving intelligence interrogation practices, intelligence activities, or covert actions. Instead, it offers 20 conclusions, many of which attack the CIAs integrity and credibility in developing and implementing the Program. Absent the support of the documentary record, and on the basis of a flawed analytical methodology, these problematic claims and conclusions create the false impression that the CIA was actively misleading policy makers and impeding the counterterrorism efforts of other federal government agencies during the Programs operation. We begin with an examination of the procedural irregularities that negatively impacted the Studys problematic claims and conclusions. Saxby Chambliss, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman