Obama defends secret memo release to CIA employees

Associated Press ^ | 4-20-09 | Pamela Hess

[Justaham]

WASHINGTON – Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.

"I acted primarily because of the exceptional circumstances that surrounded these memos, particularly the fact that so much of the information was public," Obama said.

[Carley]

Is anyone on the America hating left going to respond to Cheney’s request for the memos to be released outlining the success of those tactics.

Guess O is still pondering.

[Jeff Chandler]

Well ponder no more.

[Red Steel]

Zero will keep those secret, especially since Cheney is calling for their declassification.

[skimask]

Another staged event just like his trip to Iraq.
Did they pass out cameras this time too?

[Travis McGee]

You just know that hamstringing the evil CIA is near the top of the traitor-in-chief’s agenda.

[skeeter]

A stab in the back, then a pat on the head.

Obama's MO - he thinks he can screw anyone at will with policy, then step up to the teleprompter and charm his way back into their favor with empty words.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Worst national security decision in a long time . . . made by Obama for purely political advantage.

And I don’t care how he tries to spin it.

[Venturer]

So: Obama went out to Langley to lie to the CIA?

And no, dont expect to ever hear on CNN or NBC that Cheney wants results released.

[taillightchaser]

I watched part of this fiasco. They never showed the audience but they were applauding and giggling at the zero’s jokes.
I’m sure only dim members of the CIA were allowed in the auditorium.
This jerk is an absolute disgrace to our country!

[yazoo]

In the 1970’s during Senate hearings, Senator Church held up a tranquilizer gun used to subdue dogs during CIA penetration operations and asked the CIA rep if the gun could be used to kill people. The answer was a qualified yes, even though it had never been used nor developed for such a purpose. From then on that picture of Church holding the gun has been used as an illustration of CIA developing tools for assassination. This is what the media and the lefties on the hill will do if those memos are released.

[yazoo]

“I’m sure only dim members of the CIA were allowed in the auditorium.”

No, only dim members wanted to go. If they had held it in the Auditorium it might have been half empty and been embarrassing. Holding it in the entrance insured that a small crowd would seem huge.

[kellynla]

I bet Hussein was about as welcome at CIA as a ham hock at a bar mitzvah! LOL