From The Politico:
President Barack Obama’s attempt to project legal and moral clarity on coercive CIA interrogation methods has instead done the opposite — creating confusion and political vulnerability over an issue that has inflamed both the left and right.
In the most recent instance, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair acknowledged in a memo to the intelligence community that Bush-era interrogation practices yielded had "high-value information,” then omitted that admission from a public version of his assessment.
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My Comment: I have the complete opposite point of view. I personally believe that they know what they are doing .... and they are being very successful at it. They are not only appeasing their base, but are using this situation to insulate themselves from any future terrorist attack on U.S. soil .... since it is due to former President Bush's and the fault of his policies that have made us hated and the target of the world. The fact that the main stream media is going along with this .... including the Politico .... I would have to think that they have succeeded already.