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Definitely agree,
    The other major benefit is that this will suck up the  media coverage
so other things can get done without the spotlight being shined upon them. 
The admin can now force health care through with the 50 rather than
60 vote for example and when only Fox covers it and the other  networks
are questioned, they can say they thought the torture investigation was 
a bigger story...... I feel sorry and fear for my family currently serving 
overseas, as even the President himself notes, it will place them in  
greater
danger. Why call a press conference to announce this to the world  when
an internal investigation would do the trick? Because there are other  
motives
at work. Typical political trick used by both parties in the past, but  
particularly
unforgivable when acknowledged that it will place our men and women in  
harms
way. 
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 8/30/2009 2:55:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:

I  remember that a few months ago, like in May?, President Obama stated
that  he did not want to look back, only forward, and that he would  not
investigate the torture allegations due to the fact that it would  put
troops in harm's way.  I respected that decision, and it made me  think
that perhaps I'd been wrong about the guy, that maybe he truly had  risen
above party politics, but alas, no, it appears not.
Something  tells me that he may have made the 'no more torture' speech to
the CIA and  they did not want to play the game.  As punishment, the CIA
will now  be investigated.  Maybe I look at this all wrong, but to me,
this is  just a political torture technique designed not to get at the
truth,  because we all know that the CIA did in fact torture people, but
to  embarrass and discredit the organization as well as the  former
administration.  (I think the latter comes as icing on the  cake, not the
primary target, but provides nice collateral damage to  appease those
like Pelosi in the party.) The losers are those men and women  who have
volunteered out of a sense of duty to serve their country.   The winners
are those in the world who despise the United States.  I  think we have
weakened our country and given the enemy ammunition to use  against us.
I certainly don't think that President Obama gains anything  here as I am
reminded of the saying that if you wrestle with pigs....well,  you know.
I certainly am not defending the CIA or the former  administrations
actions or policy, I do believe there should have been an  investigation
and leadership shakeups, however, I think it should have been  done
quietly and out of the public eye, just like the torture itself.   The
image of the United States is already stained-we don't need to  add
additional dirty laundry to the pile..
The way things are shaking  out, the CIA is being castrated, and power is
being given to the even more  secretive National Security Council(IMO,
they have a longer history of  torture) and a new division for
interrogation is under direct White House  control.   This HIG program is
practically a black (covert ops  kind of black) program because it's
leadership is vague-no one is sure how  the FBI or the NSC exactly
figures into the equation.  The top of the  chain, however, is the Oval
Office, yet another example of power usurped  from one agency or branch
and reallocated to the executive branch.  It  is a method of centralizing
power in the administration, something that is  very scary to me.

Bev
-- 
Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in  the ocean's depths, MY son is
protecting your freedom on the USS Key West,  currently deployed
somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean.  Go  Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia,  USA

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