As Obama (rightfully) trumpets the success and perseverance of our fine military and intelligence services in putting an end to Bin Laden, AG Holder continues his investigation and threat of prosecution of members of those very same intelligence services. Worse yet, these investigations are not of some handful of rogue operatives, they are of interrogation professionals following the interrogation rules then in place. Threatening CIA interrogators with jail while simultaneously applauding them when they get results is sickening and speaks volumes about our President's true regard for our intelligence services. Can this do anything but hurt our ability to attract top flight talent to our intelligence agencies?
The President is traveling to Kentucky to meet some of the special operations forces that took part in the Bin Laden raid. While it is wholly appropriate for the Commander in Chief to give these brave people a pat on the back, maybe one of them could prevail upon him to stop prosecuting our own CIA officers so that we might have more of these successes in the future!
Frustratedly yours,
Hand
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
--Theodore Roosevelt
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