Posted on 09/01/2009 5:21:11 AM PDT by captjanaway
It is not a good sign when, more and more, political news in Washington (more than what we are doing overseas) drives the administration’s grade for national security. But, that’s what seems to be happening.
Last week, attention focused on the decision of Attorney General of the United States to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate charging CIA investigators with the crime of torturing terrorist suspects. His announcement came on the heels of releasing a Bush-era CIA Inspector General report detailing alleged abuses by agency interrogators. The White House also announced that from now the investigation of “high-value” suspects would be done by special teams led by the FBI (not the CIA) and directed by the Executive Office of the President. All these announcements generated a good deal of controversy … including charges that the administration was “playing politics” with the issue and hamstringing the ability of the CIA proactively discover and thwart terrorist attacks in the future.
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