The fallout began Tuesday after the release of the 600-page summary of what is being called the CIA torture report. The report, headed by the Democrats Senate Intelligence Committee Chair, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), called the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques “more brutal than previously known” and called intelligence gathering ineffective.

Senator Feinstein read the report Tuesday on the Senate floor stating that the CIA’s terror program provided bad intelligence. The report suggests that the CIA went rogue during the terror detainee program. It further suggests that the CIA misled the White House, congress and other government officials.

The report was critical of interrogation practices and alleges various forms of torture of detainees ranging from physical to mental abuse. One incident resulted in the death of a detainee from hypothermia after he was chained to a floor. The report also claims that detainees were placed in diapers, physically abused, put in painful stress positions and deprived of sleep for days.

Feinstein also scrutinized CIA field officers. “It’s a clear fact that the CIA deployed officers who had a history of personal, ethical and professional problems.” She was also critical of the use of military contractors being utilized to interrogate detainees.

The controversial investigation headed by Feinstein began in 2012. In 2014 Senator Feinstein requested the CIA be investigated by the U.S. Justice Department when CIA officials admitted they hacked the computers of committee staff members preparing the report.

In a show of bipartisanship, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) took the Senate floor and voiced his support of the report’s release. He called waterboarding torture and said it is ineffective. McCain was a prisoner of war after his aircraft was shot down during the Vietnam war.

Ben Emmerson, a United Nations human rights expert called for the prosecution of U.S. officials who ordered the interrogations. In a statement he said, “As a matter of international law, the U.S. is legally obliged to bring those responsible to justice, the U.S. Attorney General is under a legal duty to bring criminal charges against those responsible.”

Former Director of the CIA Counter Terrorism Center Bob Grenier pointed out that this report is not an official Senate Intelligence Committee report. “It [the report] is coming out solely from the Democrats on that Committee. There is a separate rebuttal coming out from the republicans on that committee, as well as a rebuttal from the CIA.”

The CIA called the facts in the report exaggerated and misleading and that they were operating under the direction of the White House, who was clear with what they were doing to detainees. The CIA also contends they had assurances from the U.S. Justice Department that what they were doing was legal.

In 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder opened an investigation into the CIA’s use of waterboarding. This investigation was heavily criticized by former CIA officers as well as Republicans. The investigation was closed in 2012 with the Justice department declining to file any criminal charges.

The news of the CIA torture reports release has had the Federal Government bracing for possible attacks on U.S. embassies, military bases as well as U.S. military personnel. It is expected that the Pentagon will increase its electronic monitoring of Islamic extremist groups such as Al Qaeda and ISIS.

The Pentagon has placed approximately 10,000 U.S. Marines on high alert. The Marines are positioned in strategic areas and are ready to respond in the event of attacks on U.S. Embassies and key interests in the Middle East.