'Fiction': Mike Pompeo denounces movie 'The Report' about CIA's use of torture

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a Friday tweet denounced a new movie about the investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency's use of torture on terror suspects following the 9/11 attacks as "fiction." 

"The Report" is based on actual events surrounding the Senate Intelligence Committee's drafting of a 6,700 page report on the CIA's torture program. It follows the story of Daniel Jones, played by Adam Driver, his efforts to lead the investigation, and the federal government's attempts to stymie the investigation.

Pompeo, who led the CIA before being appointed as Secretary of State, said he watched the movie and did not like its portrayal of the intelligence community. 

"To be clear: the bad guys are not our intelligence warriors. The bad guys are the terrorists," Pompeo wrote in a tweet. "To my former colleagues and all of the patriots at @CIA who have kept us safe since 9/11: America supports you, defends you and has your back. So do I." 

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A 500-page executive summary of the report released in December 2014 concluded that the "enhanced interrogation techniques" employed by the CIA were "not an effective way to gather intelligence information."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., then-Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called the CIA's actions "a stain on our values and on our history" in a Senate floor speech when the executive summary of the report was released. 

The remainder of the report remains classified. 

Jones responded to Pompeo in a tweet of his own quoting State Department policy on torture as "unlawful" and "morally wrong."

Chris Lu, former senior White House aide to President Barack Obama, slammed Pompeo's tweet as "hollow words."