Posted on 08/26/2009 5:39:40 PM PDT by tobyhill
Whoever advised people to be skeptical of what they read in the papers must have had in mind this week's coverage of the documents about CIA interrogations. Now that we've had a chance to read the reports, it's clear the real story isn't the few cases of abuse played up by the media. The news is that the program was thoughtfully developed, carefully circumscribed, briefed to Congress, and yielded information crucial to disrupting al Qaeda.
In other words, it worked—at least until politics got in the way.
That's the essential judgment offered by former CIA Inspector General John Helgerson in his 2004 report. Some mild criticism aside, the report says the CIA "invested immense time and effort to implement the [program] quickly, effectively, and within the law"; that the agency "generally provided good guidance and support"; and that agency personnel largely "followed guidance and procedures and documented their activities well." So where's the scandal?
*** Mr. Helgerson describes how the CIA collaborated with the Pentagon, the Justice Department and even outside experts to develop specific guidelines for 10 enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, that passed legal muster. The enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) "would be used on 'an as needed basis' and all would not necessarily be used. Further, the EITs were expected to be used 'in some sort of escalating fashion' . . ." The agency had psychologists evaluate al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah, to ensure he would not suffer physical or long-term mental harm.
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Wait until the morons living in this country figure out that Bammie and his boys in D.C. have dismantled the CIA and replaced it with ACORNs and union thugs. Why to go America! Good job back there in November. Good job! Now you get a cookie!
70 years ago, we went to war far away overseas to stomp out Hitlers Nazi socialist movement that was threatening the free world as we knew it.
Today, Hitlers Nazi socialist movement is mobilizing across our own lands, and we are sitting here doing nothing but watching the Nazi’s destroy our freedom as we know it.
Where are our military leaders?
Make no mistake. There are enemies of America inside the CIA. There are enemies in the Justice Dept. the State Department as well.
Carter and Clinton have seeded the institutions with those who hate our country, our democracy. They will not rest until America as we know it is destroyed.
They are in every level of government, both political parties, the justice system, and military command structures.
we were already sleeping when the commies began their assault in the late 60’s, with John F’n Kerry the traitor collaborating with the enemy and spreading their seeds of destruction via Ted the traitor and the rest of the rat party.
Getting the job done because it is the right thing to do, is wrong. Even though they knew their own person freedom was being risked legally.
" they feared that the Agency would not stand behind them."
That is what they want to teach us in this case. The old hat Clintonian "cover your ass", won't count in this matter. This is the age of O-Bomber! Patriotism will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever.
O-Bomberism is all about striking fear in all Americans who would dare oppose it.
Senator Demint got it wrong. This will be Obama’s Waterloo.
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