[delacoert]

The signees include every living CIA director from 1973 to the present, with the exception of Robert Gates, who is now the Secretary of Defense and former President George H.W. Bush. The first signee, Robert A. Schlesinger, presided over the release of the so-called "Family Jewels," which implicated his agency in a massive, illegal domestic wiretapping operation. Three of the directors -- Porter Goss, Michael Hayden and George Tenet -- were directly responsible for authorizing and overseeing the CIA's interrogation program, which was known inside the agency as "GST."

[BuffaloJack]

The men all, without exception, have the interests of America in their hearts.
I endorse their position.

[K-oneTexas]

It started with the Church and Pike Committees back in the 60’s and 70’s. Continued into the Clinton Administrations with EO’s and the Gorelick Wall.

Dem/Libs to this day are still trying to neuter the intelligence community and by extension the defenses of the United Sates of America.

[Elsiejay]

I just knew that George H. W. would not be a party to this appeal. It would be “unseemly’ and “impolite.” To give him some slack, of course, his special status as a former president figures into this, but I still doubt that he would be a party to this action.