this is going to put enormous pressure on obama to do the right thing. these former DCIAs worked for both democrat and republican administrations. if he doesn't call it off, it will appear to be a purely political prosecution.
and don't think for a second that the leak of the IAEA report (which said that iran's nuclear capability was far more advanced than the administration stated when it canceled the european missile defense shield) wasn't from the CIA.
Ex-CIA chiefs seek halt to interrogations probeWASHINGTON — Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.
The CIA directors, who served both Democratic and Republican presidents and include three who worked under President George W. Bush, made their request in a letter Friday to the White House.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced last month that he was appointing an independent counsel to investigate possible incidents of abuse by CIA personnel during interrogations that went beyond guidelines imposed by the Bush administration.
The incidents were referred by the CIA inspector general to the Justice Department during the Bush administration, but Justice officials at the time prosecuted only one case.
"If criminal investigations closed by career prosecutors during one administration can so easily be reopened at the direction of political appointees in the next, declinations of prosecution will be rendered meaningless," wrote the former directors.
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