Monday, August 24, 2009

McConnell on appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA

Blogging from Mohawk, Michigan.

The Democrats have forgotten that former President Bush kept us safe since 9/11.
I haven't forgotten, nor has Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). There are reports that Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate CIA officials who interrogated Al-Queda terrorists.

He released this statement earlier today.

We must remain mindful that we still are very much a nation at war with terrorists who spend every hour of their day planning how to hurt America and Americans. That's why reports that the Department of Justice has directed a special prosecutor to investigate the men and women tasked with keeping America safe is such a poor and misguided decision.

Several years ago, career professionals at the Department decided the facts did not support prosecuting America's intelligence professionals based on the practices at issue today. Now, the administration risks chilling our defense and intelligence community’s ability to protect us from future terrorist attacks by reopening this matter. If these reports are true, the American people will be rightly outraged by the administration's actions in this critical area.

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1 comment:

Truegreta said...

It is nonsense to say that Bush kept us safe. It was the Bush White House that ignored the warnings before 9/11. Why exactly did they do that? And it was the Bush whitehouse who sent us to war for Israel. Why did they do that? They should all be sent off to the Hague and tried as war criminals. It's what they are.