From AP:SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture. John Yoo, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is fighting calls for disbarment and dismissal, while Judge Jay Bybee of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals faces calls for impeachment.
Justice Department investigators have stopped short of recommending criminal charges, but suggest in a draft report that the two men should face professional sanctions. A number of groups across the country agree, and some want even stronger action.
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My Comment: Everyday this story is in the news .... the morale of our intelligence agencies and its personnel gets worse and worse. No one in any of our intelligence agencies is going to take any risks or actions even if it is approved by all politicians and oversight committees. A precedent has been set in which any future administration can now take a ruling and change its interpretation or its legality at a whim .... with such an environment now in place, who would want to work for the CIA or any legal department that is responsible for overseeing government action.