By Peter Brookes,Real Clear Politics
The Obama administration’s decision to release a previously classified 2004 CIA interrogation report and appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible misdeeds by personnel involved in questioning high-value terrorists is a huge mistake.
It’s almost as if –in addition to the war in Iraq,Afghanistan and on terror –the Obama administration has now declared war on the CIA,which is one of our most important assets in gathering intelligence for winning these conflicts.
First,these choices will likely have a chilling effect on the morale at the agency. Earlier this year Barack Obama himself vowed it was time to look forward,not back. (Of course,that is until it’s time to look back.)
In addition to being another Obama policy flip-flop,these decisions will likely leave officers in the field wondering whether they should be more concerned about getting terrorists or getting lawyers.