There is now just one group of people exempt from President Obama’s worldwide ban on torture: the men and women of the CIA.

By authorizing Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to determine whether a full criminal investigation of CIA employees and contractors is warranted for the manner in which they interrogated captured terrorists, the President has thrown his power and support behind those far-left ideologues — in Congress and elsewhere — who believe that the CIA is a bigger threat to our country than al Qaeda.

I know the men and women of the CIA — I had the honor of working with them during the Reagan Administration — and they would rather have their fingernails pulled out with pliers or have holes drilled into their knees (neither of which they did to captured terrorists, as the Justice Department’s hot-shot investigators will learn) than be thought of as anything other than honorable patriots doing their best, under extraordinarily difficult circumstances, to protect our country from its enemies. It will be excruciating for them to face their colleagues each morning under the strain of looming criminal prosecutions that will destroy their careers and deplete their meager savings accounts — and, even worse, to come home to their families each evening with the stench of President Obama’s contempt for their honor in the air.

A Bone to his Base

By launching this latest attack on the CIA, the President has done more than merely throw a bone to his base. He has removed all remaining doubt about how the US now plans to confront the global threat of radical Islam. Simply put, we have reached one of those hinges of history whose swings alter the course of world events. The best way to understand what President Obama has done is to put aside this week’s headlines and, for just a moment, press the rewind button:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/what_the_presidents_attack_on.html

The ethics of ferocity

The Obama Administration, aware that everyone outside of union bosses, and interest groups looking for billion-dollar ribeye steaks of taxpayer money, is having trouble remembering why they voted for Obama, has decided to drag CIA interrogators and Bush Administration officials into court, where they will be persecuted for their role in defending America from terrorist attacks. Apparently Obama and his accomplices decided to distract their liberal base from the fiery Hindenburg crash of socialized medicine, by offering them a relaxing cruise on the Titanic of leftist foreign policy. As with everything else the current Administration does, it’s a remarkably foolish move: dangerous for America, and self-destructive as a strategy.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/25/the-ethics-of-ferocity/

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/08/the_socalled_cheney_documents.asp

As soon as news of it hit the scene, healthcare reform was relegated to a lower notch on the MSM priority list. Same for the failure aspects of cash for clunkers. etc.

I can see this, if the Obama needs it for cover, as being one of the longest, most drawn-out investigations ever. It will move along incrementally, with sensationalism arising as needed, such as now.

I would not be at all surprised to see this convenient investigation, timing wise, on-going throughout the rest of Obama’s current tenure.

It is the only way he, and Axelrod, can continue to permanently use Bush and Cheney as shields, and can be expanded to any level they desire, at anytime they desire, to suit their need for distraction.

Simply put, I see it as a new way of wagging the dog, and believe anyone but Obama would already be called on it.

I guess he could either attack Iran, or start a permanent investigation. He chose the latter, keeping the former in reserve. Heaven help us if this investigation goes awry.

* I apologize for my verbosity.

Tapped by Bush administration Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey in January 2008 to investigate the CIA in the 2005 destruction of interrogation videotapes. He serves as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for the purposes of that matter.
He also evaluated, prepared and prosecuted major racketeering cases directed at the Gambino, Genovese and Patriarca crime families in Connecticut

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The videotapes went nowhere and he missed the Bush crime family in Connecticut. Hell all the other familes just had vacation property in the state and knew better than to shit were you sleep.

Get it straight, buddy. If CLINTON had ordered Osama out, it would have happened. He had his chance to take out that terrorist MANY times, but he was too chicken to take it.

Thank Clinton for 9-11.

The appointment of John Durham as special prosecutor has already sparked a political firestorm in Washington that may rage for months, possibly creating a dangerous distraction for Mr Obama as he tries to revive his faltering healthcare reform package. It also adds considerable to the miseries of an already-battered CIA.

Its director Leon Panetta finds himself trying to maintain morale while also separating himself from what happened under the Bush-Cheney watch. In an email to worried staff he said his “primary interest… is to stand up for those officers who did what their country asked and who followed the legal guidance they were given.“

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LJ, can you explain if Leon is so concerned about morale, why he ran like Forest Gump up the hill to fetcha pail of CYA and is two faced?

A teacher gave him a bear hug and threw him to the ground, saving numerous lives and property distruction.

Obviously, the teacher is in violation of the student’s rights under the Obama administration. He should have first turned down the music from his boom box (no loud music allowed any longer) and then offered him a cot and down pillow for a nap (no stress positions or sleep deprivation allowed).

Thank God some spit or sweat from the teacher didn’t violate the “terrorist’s” nasal cavity or esophagus!

CAROL HAKA

Looking forward to the teacher’s trial.

CAROL HAKA

CAROL HAKA

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