Legal Commentary

CIA Pouts

By Big Tent Democrat

We have learned that the CIA proved itself incompetent at interrogation. Of course, they also proved themselves willing to follow the criminal (yes criminal) directives of the Bush Administration on torture. I am not a fan of Eric Holder's "Abu Ghraib solution" (stick it on the small fish) to investigation of the criminal acts of the Bush Administration on torture. I prefer a Truth Commission, so that we can stamp out, from top to bottom, the view that torture can ever be justified. But I do find it amusing that the Keystone Cop torturers at the CIA are pouting about being called out for their incompetence:

Krongard, one of the few active or retired CIA officers with direct knowledge of the program willing to voice publicly what many officers are saying privately, said agency personnel now may back away from controversial programs that could place them in personal legal jeopardy should their work be exposed. "The old saying goes, 'Big operation, big risk; small operation, small risk; no operation, no risk.'" "If you're not in the intelligence business to be forward-leaning, you might as well not be in it," Krongard said.

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Krongard has to be kidding me. The CIA interrogation program was not only immoral and criminal, it was a complete failure. Ooooh, the CIA will stop failing at interrogation is their big threat. I say thank the Lord. Let the professionals do the work. The track record of the CIA on interrogation is so bad, so incompetent, that the LAST thing we want is any more "forward leaning" interrogation work by the CIA at all. Their morale is down? Then fire them. We do not need incompetent prima donnas in public service. We need people dedicated to protecting the country. There seem to be precious few patriots now at the CIA is the message I am getting.

Speaking for em only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 30, 2009 (boomark / email).