BACK TO THE SEVENTIES - AT 10:24 A.M.  From the Los Angeles Times:

U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. is poised to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA abuses committed during the interrogation of terrorism suspects, current and former U.S. government officials said.

A senior Justice Department official said that Holder envisioned an inquiry that would be narrow in scope, focusing on "whether people went beyond the techniques that were authorized" in Bush administration memos that liberally interpreted anti-torture laws.

Current and former CIA and Justice Department officials who have firsthand knowledge of the interrogation files contend that criminal convictions will be difficult to obtain because the quality of evidence is poor and the legal underpinnings have never been tested.

The left will be jubilant.  No one else.  Then, there is this:

Some cases have not previously been disclosed, including an instance in which a CIA operative brought a gun into an interrogation booth to force a detainee to talk, officials said.

I'm shocked, shocked, that this was done.  Why, that's no different than crashing planes into buildings.  Why, that's the same as the atom bomb.  Bringing a gun?  Are we barbarians?  This is all because of BUSH (!!).

This reminds us of the probes into the CIA in the 1970s, probes that essentially destroyed the agency for years.  That, of course, is the ultimate objective of the political left.  You can be sure that some of the same people, now somewhat older, will be involved. 

August 9, 2009