Copyright. "The Thought Spigot"
When the ACLU went on the war path to find out how far and which interrogation tactics were (are being) used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U. S. prisons/containment centers for foreign combatants/terrorists, the majority of the "intelligence community" was not for the release at all. The Obama White House released a statement, on "un-classifying" documents, because "President Obama wanted to protect the United States from false allegations and in compliance with the ACLU's law suit." Although, the majority of the "intelligence community," including former and current heads are not sold on the idea and actually disagree, with the White House Cabinet and President Obama.
Michael Chertoff, "The question is going to be, are these measures going to be looked at in five years, with the benefit of hind sight and someone (attorneys, civil rights groups, or maybe a few terrorists) says we should not have done it." Past heads of the CIA and DHS Porter Goss, George Tenant, John Douich and, Michael Hayden flat out were against the release, and the current CIA head Leon Pennetta expressed "concerns" on releasing the report and information on interrogation and detainee techniques. Therefore, if the people who work(ed) at the highest levels, in the "Intel Community" are completely and have some big reservations against the release of these documents, then why was the White House and Barack Obama, so eager to release it and what is the "Intel Community" worried about?
The CIA and DHS people know they toe the line, in war and out, in the forging of real time information and keeping the country safe, to form a sharp blade to deter the world from infringing, or possibly attacking the United States. On the either side of the "thin line" of intelligence gathering and keeping the homeland safe, there are people who wish to sue, or bring charges against the most miniscule mistake, or what a "person" calls torture, comfort, or what is hot/cold, and those who want an "anything goes" attitude. The only thing the White House staff could muster, in the form of some insurance, "CIA interrogators will not be prosecuted, but some want legal people (who crafted law, what some call "legal fictions") and those who are on the periphery of the "Intelligence Teams" (not the on ground officers) to be eligible for prosecutions."
Pete Hoekstra (R-Mi) said it best, "the hearings should focus on the members of congress, who were briefed on all the program, supported the these tactics and efforts, throughout the good portion of the last seven years." All which is true, as the House Armed Services and other House Committees have had the "classified knowledge," the whole time, then President George W. Bush was in the White House. The whole "classified de-classification fiasco" needs to have a lens pointed back to the beginning, of those who were in power, voted for all the interrogation techniques used, and are now against them (being politically expedient). They are the same people who have made a mess of the economy, banking systems, education, and on and on. Until the real culprits are dealt out of their high perches, the hypocrisies will continue, just like the national debt.
Michael Chertoff, "The question is going to be, are these measures going to be looked at in five years, with the benefit of hind sight and someone (attorneys, civil rights groups, or maybe a few terrorists) says we should not have done it." Past heads of the CIA and DHS Porter Goss, George Tenant, John Douich and, Michael Hayden flat out were against the release, and the current CIA head Leon Pennetta expressed "concerns" on releasing the report and information on interrogation and detainee techniques. Therefore, if the people who work(ed) at the highest levels, in the "Intel Community" are completely and have some big reservations against the release of these documents, then why was the White House and Barack Obama, so eager to release it and what is the "Intel Community" worried about?
The CIA and DHS people know they toe the line, in war and out, in the forging of real time information and keeping the country safe, to form a sharp blade to deter the world from infringing, or possibly attacking the United States. On the either side of the "thin line" of intelligence gathering and keeping the homeland safe, there are people who wish to sue, or bring charges against the most miniscule mistake, or what a "person" calls torture, comfort, or what is hot/cold, and those who want an "anything goes" attitude. The only thing the White House staff could muster, in the form of some insurance, "CIA interrogators will not be prosecuted, but some want legal people (who crafted law, what some call "legal fictions") and those who are on the periphery of the "Intelligence Teams" (not the on ground officers) to be eligible for prosecutions."
Pete Hoekstra (R-Mi) said it best, "the hearings should focus on the members of congress, who were briefed on all the program, supported the these tactics and efforts, throughout the good portion of the last seven years." All which is true, as the House Armed Services and other House Committees have had the "classified knowledge," the whole time, then President George W. Bush was in the White House. The whole "classified de-classification fiasco" needs to have a lens pointed back to the beginning, of those who were in power, voted for all the interrogation techniques used, and are now against them (being politically expedient). They are the same people who have made a mess of the economy, banking systems, education, and on and on. Until the real culprits are dealt out of their high perches, the hypocrisies will continue, just like the national debt.
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