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Obama Damages National Security by “Muddled” “Confused” Policy
Flopping Aces ^ | Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm | Mike’s America
Posted on April 22, 2009 1:59:13 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The damage at CIA may have deadly consequences!
The Politico reports that Obama’s missteps on “torture” are “muddled” and “confused.” The idea that an incoming Administration will investigate and prosecute it’s predecessor is wrong on so many levels. In this case, the direct impact may be felt hardest by those charged with the difficult job of discovering where the next terrorist attack will come.
Slow Roll Time At Langley
By David Ignatius
Washington Post
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
…Sad to say, it’s slow roll time at Langley after the release of interrogation memos that, in the words of one veteran officer, “hit the agency like a car bomb in the driveway.” President Obama promised CIA officers that they won’t be prosecuted for carrying out lawful orders, but the people on the firing line don’t believe him. They think the memos have opened a new season of investigation and retribution.
The lesson for younger officers is obvious: Keep your head down. Duck the assignments that carry political risk. Stay away from a counterterrorism program that has become a career hazard.
Obama tried personally to reassure the CIA workforce during a visit to Langley on Monday. He said all the right things about the agency’s clandestine role. But it had the look of a campaign event, with employees hooting and hollering and the president reading from his teleprompter with a backdrop of stars that commemorate the CIA’s fallen warriors. By yesterday, Obama was deferring to the attorney general whether to prosecute “those who formulated those legal decisions,” whatever that means.
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For a taste of what’s ahead, recall the chilling effects of past CIA scandals. In 1995, then-Director John Deutch ordered a “scrub” of the agency’s assets after revelations of past links to Guatemalan death squads.
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